its very obvious why Amazon blocks bots when you think about how much extra stuff you buy when browsing gum at the grocery store socks at clothing store cigs at gas station checkout bots remove the "browsing" experience which would remove more revenue than agents add with hyper-intentional purchases the "inefficiency" of shopping is how they make the real money and the whales carry most of it like anything else agents wont be able to shop until they can buy cigs after they said they quit