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Probably a combination of a few things: 1) Western audience of HN that have only witnessed the dominance of Amazon so have a hard time imagining a better compet
by yibg 8y ago
Probably a combination of a few things: 1) Western audience of HN that have only witnessed the dominance of Amazon so have a hard time imagining a better competitor. 2) Ongoing negativity towards china in this area. Put the two together, and China must be cheating for Amazon to not win.
I think most people underestimate how difficult it is to compete on local turf (even without political handicaps). In fact it may very well be that Alibaba and JD are in fact the better services and would be dominating in the west if not for the same home turf advantage.
- teknologist 8y agoMore like home turf nuances. China domestic shipping relies on very low paid workers working very long hours. On top of that, Amazon have already established their delivery infrastructure in a much more expensive environment. It would be tough for JD/Taobao to break in at this point.