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  • emizeko [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    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

    • 7bicycles [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      how the fuck is there a patent on one click checkout, what the fuck is being patented

      • D61 [any]
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        3 years ago

        US Patent system is bad folks. :thicc-trump:

    • DirtbagVegan [he/him]
      hexagon
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      3 years ago

      People who buy literally everything online and never leave their house.

    • WoofWoof91 [comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      ikr

      even my grocery order with it's 4 pages of checkout takes ~1 min max to click through

      • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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        3 years ago

        I mean, its easy on the front end but really fucking difficult on the back end.