Amazone awarded 3 new patents

This is out of control. Amazon is just a website that sells crap. OK,
mostly crap. I thought awhile back that their 1-click shopping patent
was pretty ludicrous but now they've taken it another step further.
Apparently the USPTO has awarded them 3 more patents on their business
processes. First one is related to the formulation of purchase circles
on their Website. It is basically a recommendations engine. Next they
got the patent for their method of delivering search results based on a
users history. And last but not least, the most ridiculous of them all,
a patent on encouraging their users to write reviews about products.
WHAT! They got a patent on online reviews!?!?! The gall they have! User
reviews have been around since the beginning of the Internet. Do they
plan on going around and slapping everyone with user reviews a suit from
their legal department? It is appalling to think that they will spend
the effort and money to apply and follow through with such ridiculous
patents. Come on, you are just a Web peddler of crap that other people
made. Get real.

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