I think that the email doesn’t actually support your title—they make no claim of counterfactual focus. It seems more to me like the mention of other programs they’re already investing in is trying to signal “hey we’re still good, even though we’re shutting down this program”. I suspect that the decision is probably primarily profit-driven in that running a whole nother version of their website which donates lots of little amounts to tiny charities is a large infrastructure cost.
I think that the email doesn’t actually support your title—they make no claim of counterfactual focus. It seems more to me like the mention of other programs they’re already investing in is trying to signal “hey we’re still good, even though we’re shutting down this program”. I suspect that the decision is probably primarily profit-driven in that running a whole nother version of their website which donates lots of little amounts to tiny charities is a large infrastructure cost.
The title of this post is the same title they used for the notice on their website with basically the same text as the email.
Please don’t use PR titles as LW post titles. A factual: “Amazon closes AmazonSmile” would be way better.
I’m surprised to see you quoting that literally? I don’t see how we can take their word for that and there’s no other evidence source.
Eh. I feel like I’m just sharing what they posted because I think people here are interested. I’m not trying to make any claims.
I think I’d opt to quote the original title in a post here to indicate that it’s not a ‘claim’ being made (by me).