Amazon appears to be down, with over 20,000 reported problems
Summary
Ars Technica reports that Amazon appears to be experiencing an outage with over 20,000 user reports on Downdetector, affecting checkout, mobile apps, and product pages. Amazon has not officially confirmed a full outage, though a company spokesperson acknowledged that some customers may be experiencing issues and is working to resolve them. The story notes the timeline of reports and confirms observable site load problems.