As the dominant e-commerce behemoth, Amazon can misbehave and get away with it simply because it can. It is increasingly unfriendly to customers: It has disabled comments for product reviews that often generated many meaningful discussions. This also prohibits vendors from responding to outrageous, absurd, or misleading reviews. It does not allow customers, including those who purchase on Amazon frequently, to review their purchased products unless they use a credit card to make purchases at an above-threshold frequency. Amazon gift cards are quite popular. Many people use them to make purchases without the need to use a credit card. It has shut down Amzaon customer discussion forums.  They mandate 1-click for Kindle book purchases. This is a hassle for many who use one account to make purchases for different purposes (e.g., business, personal) hence using different types of payments. They mandate the use of gift card balance if there is any for 1-click purchase. This again is a probl

 A survey by Foreign Affairs offers a rare collection of galaxy brains on China. It is by no means complete. It actually misses some major ones such as Kissinger, Paulson. Nonetheless, it is a good collection. These galaxy brains are either compromised or divorced from reality. The collection is based on their opinion (agree or disagree) on the statement "U.S. foreign policy has become too hostile to China." The following galaxy brains agree or do not disagree with the statement. Cheng   Li STRONGLY AGREE , CONFIDENCE LEVEL  9 Director and Senior Fellow at the John L. Thornton China Center at the Brookings Institution Beijing believes that the United States ended the war in Afghanistan in order to prepare for war with China, along the lines of what President Joe Biden has described. Mutual hostility is leading the two countries down the road to a potentially devastating war. The sad truth is that the American public is not well informed. Read Less J. Stapleton   Roy STRONGLY