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There is. It’s called convenience. Why do you think the mall destroyed the downtown? It’s not because people wanted a decentralized store owners. It’s because
by Swizec 7y ago
There is. It’s called convenience.
Why do you think the mall destroyed the downtown? It’s not because people wanted a decentralized store owners. It’s because consumers want centralization.
Same thing happening in ecommerce. People want everything in one place.
But the trend is also already shifting. People are tired of the big stores so much like malls have started to die, so too ecomm is increasingly about personal relationships.
- rolltiide 7y ago> It’s not because people wanted a decentralized store owners. I'm going to use this
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- shadowoflight 7y agoAmazon also has its hooks in consumers even deeper with Prime. Sure, another store might be willing to sell me an item for a couple bucks cheaper, but then when I factor in the extra shipping costs, Amazon comes out ahead - and they defray that cost for the consumer with value-added services like Prime Video and Twitch Prime, so that I don't really feel like I'm paying for the shipping, but rather for a bundle of services that happens to include the free shipping that keeps me tied to Amazon over other e-commerce sites. It's also interesting because this means that it's not only less convenient, but also more expensive to use other platforms - and in a Capitalist society, anti-giant-corporation ethics can't really stand against the need to not live on the street and the desire to own nice(ish) things.