Amazon and others block AI shopping agents, prompting a give-your-agent-a-phone pitch

Amazon, Delta, Chase and Schwab are blocking shopping agents like Meta Muse, Grok Bot and OpenAI Dots, and the post pitches giving an agent its own phone driven via MCP or REST API.

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@distilledcxArchived 16 days agoOriginally posted 2026.10.22

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Amazon is blocking AI shopping agents. Meta's @Muse, Grok's @bot and apparently @OpenAI Dots too. Delta, Chase and Schwab too. The web is closing to agents. So give your agent its own phone. Drive it with our built-in agent, via MCP or REST API, or control it manually.

x.com/distilledcx/status/2113120333712822602Archived 2026.10.23 10:59

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