Originally published at: http://boingboing.net/2006/09/15/amazon-unbox-to-cust.html
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Customers to Amazon Unbox: Die in a fire.
One could only hope.
This is the service that eventually became Prime? Always interesting to see which of these decade-old rants were prophetic, and which missed the mark altogether. Oh and @falcor! Time travel!
Ț͑̿̈́ͧͫh̢͕̥̾̑͗͐́ͩḕ͉͎̤͐s̜̣̘̝̯̪̠̆ͬ̇͒ͭ́e͍̞͕̘͓̰̟͊̐͂̾͗͆ ̺̻̐̓̈̀́ȧ͉͗̆r̖̫͚͎̭͍͆́͠e̮̰̪͑̆ͭ̑ͪ̄̀ ̬͕t̻͈͎͓ͯ̽͢h̦̤̜̬̋ͯ͆̏͊e̲͕̙͍ͭ̓̅͐͐ ̸̦̰͎̳ͭͨḢ͔͙̟̟̣̫̀ͥ̏͑̕a̪̹̱̼̲̞ͤͦ͗ͅr̾͋҉͓͉̻̲b̧̗͖̞̜̹͕̆ͮ̏ͪi̷̥̦̞̬̰̋ͮ͒ṋͤͬͤ͜g̵͔̼͎̲̗̤̮ͬ̓ͣ̔͐̉ͬer͚̥͙ͬͦͪ̓ͪs̱͇̼̙̜̉͗͐ ͪ҉̖ơ̾f̶̘̗̣ͮ̇̑ͩ̿͆͛ ̳͖̠ͩ͒t̤ͧh̼̞̱͔̃ͅẹ͖̹̘̱̟ͬ̿͒͌͒͡ ͔̤̙̲̱̩͋ͥ̉̉̾͘N͉̱̪̮͇̞̄͑̚o̲̯̦̬̘̪͋̅-͔̹̙̈́̈ͨ̒T̖̣͎̯̊̒͐́iͭ̄͂ͦͫ͞m͍̱̦̞̈́͆͛͆̃̆ẻ̖̣̙̗͍͂͆.̘͖͙̯̭̲͆̒ͩͩ̀
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̝̈̅͌̿̉͆͛͢T͕̋hͮ̽ͬḛ̜̔̉̒͠ỳ̲̣̱͉̱̻̜ ͇͔̝̻̩̳P̵̜͕a̳̽ͭ̃̚͢v̬̬̠͕͈̟̇ͯ͛̌e̯̙͈͑͗ ̵̐̋ͧt̸̤̺͎͕͋̊́ḣ̰̣̣͎̮ͧ͂̐͢ȇ̷̤̥̥̼̠̱̺ͧ̎̔ͭ ̧̱̘̟͙W͍̩̞̩͖̤̩͌̒ͧͮͥ͊ä̧̳̞̻͎͓̦́̒́̾̀̔̂ỵ̂͗ͨ̾ ̸͚́͐f͏͖̟̱̰̮̝o̦̣̻̥͝ŕ̸͍̹̼͍̟͓͉̇̐͊ ̐̅̀̊T͙͎̞̘̰̟̯͟H̆̓͏͇͉̙̜̩E͕͆̂̐͞ ͕̿O͙̦̣̱͓̿P̢̟͔̗͓ͦͦ̓̆ͣ͌̊Ḛ̮̤͙͚̦͊̔͐͋̉ͨŃ̵̫̪̮̜͕̜͆ͣͅĬ̳̐̐̒̊N̖̱̅̃͋̚͠G̟͖̥ͩͫ
Even though it’s an old post, there’s always a workaround.
Besides, Prime even sucks when it comes to content.