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Amazon could soon be on the hook for safety of third-party products it sells and ships — Government order could classify it as a distributor, potentially exposing it to more legal claims (www.wsj.com)

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Amazon could soon be on the hook for safety of third-party products it sells and ships — Government order could classify it as a distributor, potentially exposing it to more legal claims::undefined

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[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 139 points 9 months ago (5 children)

I mean, how is it not a distributor? Honest question, all those trucks sure do look like they are distributing products.

[–] Shadow@lemmy.ca 62 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Typically a distributor deals to stores that deal to end users.

Amazon call themselves a store, but at their scale and volume they're pretty much a distributor.

[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 39 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Not even pretty much, they really are a distributor

They have many different businesses all selling on their shelves and then Amazon ships you the product

[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 17 points 9 months ago

Amazon is the American Aliexpress.

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