I am extremely suspicious of the power corporations hold over us, and about the wierd penetrating infiltration of the net into our lives. And now our wallets. Amazon.com (this is about one company, but there are lots of others in the same gutter) has a new program. If you search for the program (called Amazon P- R- I- M- E--- i refuse to even give them the web-benefit of writing out the program name properly so a robot can read it) by its name you will find praise galore.
It's a scam.
What other name can you apply to something that helps itself to $79 from your bank account without your approval, and does not notify you that it took it or send any kind of confirmation? In the 3-D world we call that a CON. For more details, here are some other people's thoughts. Comment number thirteen is downright creepy.
On the other hand, I *do* owe them for the inspiration for a series of cartoons.
