Amazon drivers’ urine packaged as energy drink, sold on Amazon
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A documentary shows how easy it is to bypass Amazon's buying and selling safeguards.

Amazon drivers’ urine packaged as energy drink, sold on Amazon - A documentary shows how easy it is to bypass Amazon’s buying and selling safeguards.::A documentary shows how easy it is to bypass Amazon’s buying and selling safeguards.

  • RedditWanderer@lemmy.worldEnglish
    981·
    1 year ago

    Btw this dude didnt send his piss to everyone. The only shipping orders he filled was for his friends ordering it to see if it would work. Other people also bought some, but the guy didn’t ship it, because that would be insane.

      • RedditWanderer@lemmy.worldEnglish
        883·
        1 year ago

        The insanity is not that they did it, it’s that Amazon allows it. It’s not like they were actually trying to sell urine, they just wanted to point out how fucked amazon is.

        • tsonfeir@lemm.eeEnglish
          252·
          1 year ago

          Since that’s literally the only takeaway, if they can’t see it, I’m not sure explaining it will help.

        • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldEnglish
          328·
          1 year ago

          It’s not like Amazon has a category for “bottled urine.” Was it left up after it was flagged?

          • RedditWanderer@lemmy.worldEnglish
            302·
            1 year ago

            You could read the article, it was a drink.

            with very few checks and balances in place to ensure the product he’s selling is safe and legal. “Releasing the drink was surprisingly easy,” Butler told WIRED. “I thought that the food and drinks licensing would stop me from listing it, so I started it out in this Refillable Pump Dispenser category. Then the algorithm moved it into drinks.”

            It’s almost like people expect that the things for sale are legal and safe, without first having people get harmed and having to report it.

            • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldEnglish
              220·
              1 year ago

              I did read it. My point is that it’s not like Amazon specifically supported this. Someone could pull this same stunt on eBay; would eBay then come under identical fire?

              • HorseWithNoName@lemm.eeEnglish
                192·
                1 year ago

                They just did for selling those coal rolling kits. I don’t see why this would be any different. They’re facilitating the sale. It’s their platform. They have a responsibility to the people who use it, as well as a responsibility to treat their workers like human beings.

      • ink@r.nfEnglish
        61·
        1 year ago

        brain cells too low for the point to land. abort, abort, abort!