<story><title>Apple asked Amazon to block rival ads</title><url>https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-gives-apple-special-treatment-while-others-suffer-junk-ads-2023-11</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>neonate</author><text>&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;archive.md&amp;#x2F;YmlLB&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;archive.md&amp;#x2F;YmlLB&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Apple asked Amazon to block rival ads</title><url>https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-gives-apple-special-treatment-while-others-suffer-junk-ads-2023-11</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>addicted</author><text>I returned my unopened Apple Watch to Amazon.&lt;p&gt;Getting my money back has been a massive pain. Usually Amazon literally returns the money when the delivery person picks up the item from my doorstep.&lt;p&gt;But with this Amazon required a scheduled pickup with UPS, did not acknowledge receiving the item even though UPS showed it as received and a few weeks later they are still asking me to wait for 1 month before contacting them for any information.&lt;p&gt;Well, I filed a chargeback with my credit card and automagically the errors in their system got resolved, and the item shows as received (on the correct date 2+ weeks ago), and they are promising a refund in a week (as opposed to 2.5 more weeks).&lt;p&gt;Looks like they’re not just giving Apple preferential treatment but going out of their way to protect Apple.</text></comment>