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> Maybe this means web-scale sites like Amazon's marketplace aren't viable But the market is driving more and more money/resources to those companies/services.

> Maybe this means web-scale sites like Amazon's marketplace aren't viable But the market is driving more and more money/resources to those companies/services. Let alone Amazon/Youtube/Google are very different businesses, you can say Google has non-existent customer support, but at least for consumers, so far my experience with Amazon is more positive than negative.

smt88 6y ago
> my experience with Amazon is more positive than negative I don't dispute that. But a lot of other people have issues with dropshippers, fake products, radioactive products[1], unreliable reviews, etc. When I stopped using Amazon, I realized I was returning ~90% of all my purchases just because the product was fake, described wrong, low quality, or just not durable enough to last even a month. Yes, it's great to be able to return things, but it's a lot nicer to feel reasonably confident that the person who sold a product to me actually believes it's a good fit for what I want as a consumer. 1. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/09/20/business/nuclear-watchdog-orders-amazon-halt-sales-product-containing-radioactive-materials/ https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/09/20/business/nuclea...