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Amazon is one of the largest tech companies in the world.
Amazon's hostile relationship to their users and abuse of their monopoly position are important, frequent topics of conversation (especially on HN). That such an abusive action happened to someone like Rossmann means it can happen to anyone.
Summarizing what happened "eceleb drama" is not just inaccurate, but totally bad faith.
If Amazon is really retaliating against people critisizing them in public like it's really really bad.
Like he said, if Amazon came out publicly and said that we don't want to partner with people that have an adverserial relationship with us, that be bad but at least more straightforward.
Punishing people like this indirectly is dangerous in so many ways that I can't even explain it. It's especially dangerous for a company like amazon that's invovled in so many ways in everyday lives.
Why does it need to be said? Why would anyone want to partner with someone who has an adversarial relationship? Would you?
Because being direct with the truth is far more preferable than some bullshit weasley unrelated excuse for why they're terminating the relationship. This is the case in all situations, even when the truth "hurts".