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Comment by manarth | Hacker News Reader

  > "Can other e-commerce sites legally "one-click" to purchase like Amazon now?"

Amazon doesn't use one-click any more. The closest it gets is "Buy now", which is two clicks from item page to purchase.

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The fact that they don't use it has nothing to do with the availability of the patented process. I don't think Amazon will just say : "You guys can have it, we don't use it anyway"

I think their point was that it's not a good feature if even the owner doesn't use it. So there's no reason to copy it regardless of patent status.

"Add to upcoming delivery" is a one-click purchase.

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