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- Aug 28, 2012
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Last night I posted a message that very incidentally made a disparaging comment about Amazon (a word that I am not linking). I woke up this morning and thought I'd check my sleepy prose on the fambly Nexus 7. Amazing: "Amazon" (which I am again not linking) was linked to that company's website. I checked on the fambly Ipad 2. Same. I checked again on my Debian machine. Not linked.
On neither of these tablets am I logged in, but of course I'm logged in when using the computer. I tentatively guess that the software here "helpfully" links "Amazon" (a word ditto) for those people who are not logged in.
I returned to my message and linked "Amazon" (I don't have to repeat myself) to "Amazon, Google and Starbucks are struggling to defend their tax avoidance", which seems more informative. I've checked on the Nexus: the software on this website luckily doesn't replace this link with one to the retailer.
I suggest tweaking the software so that it no longer serves to help the business of unscrupulous monopolists.
(If anyone's interested: Yes, I buy from Amazon too, but as seldom as I can. And yes, I fully appreciate the irony of (A) whining about monopoly power while (B) using an Apple device and another device hawked by Google. Given the chance, I'd use a Meego/Mer/whatever alternative; but they're elusive.)
On neither of these tablets am I logged in, but of course I'm logged in when using the computer. I tentatively guess that the software here "helpfully" links "Amazon" (a word ditto) for those people who are not logged in.
I returned to my message and linked "Amazon" (I don't have to repeat myself) to "Amazon, Google and Starbucks are struggling to defend their tax avoidance", which seems more informative. I've checked on the Nexus: the software on this website luckily doesn't replace this link with one to the retailer.
I suggest tweaking the software so that it no longer serves to help the business of unscrupulous monopolists.
(If anyone's interested: Yes, I buy from Amazon too, but as seldom as I can. And yes, I fully appreciate the irony of (A) whining about monopoly power while (B) using an Apple device and another device hawked by Google. Given the chance, I'd use a Meego/Mer/whatever alternative; but they're elusive.)