HN headline is wrong. AMZN not fined 2.5B, they were fined 1B and have to refund 1.5B to consumers. The original article (at this time anyway) has an accurate headline.
It's really too bad the FTC settled and AMZN gets to admit no fault. What is the incentive for FTC to simply not pursue this to the bitter end? 1B is literally pocket change to the fed government, and is laugh-meme moment for Amazon. $50 back to each user is also not even worth claiming. So the settlement is just FTC not doing their job.
Disclaimer: I willingly use Prime and doubt I'd ever leave.
It's really too bad the FTC settled and AMZN gets to admit no fault. What is the incentive for FTC to simply not pursue this to the bitter end? 1B is literally pocket change to the fed government, and is laugh-meme moment for Amazon. $50 back to each user is also not even worth claiming. So the settlement is just FTC not doing their job.
Disclaimer: I willingly use Prime and doubt I'd ever leave.