We love a good startup grift, don’t we, folks?
Fast aimed to bring the one-click checkout feature now available on Amazon to the rest of the Internet. Amazon's patent on one-click checkout expired five years ago, setting off a goldrush among companies like Fast to try to offer the tool to the rest of the web.
it's weird to me because who the fuck uses one-click checkout? I find it less convenient to worry about getting charged instantly without being able to review my order
how the fuck is there a patent on one click checkout, what the fuck is being patented
People who buy literally everything online and never leave their house.
I mean, its easy on the front end but really fucking difficult on the back end.
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even my grocery order with it's 4 pages of checkout takes ~1 min max to click through
Oh yeah, sure. But not because of this.
Its because nobody wants to work.
Emails reviewed by NPR showed how, at the direction of Holland, Fast booked American electronic duo the Chainsmokers to play an event during a retail conference on Jan. 16 in New York City.
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