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Amazon's marketplace provides fast, free shipping for a lot of products. That's definitely a competitive advantage they have invested heavily in. I don't see th

Amazon's marketplace provides fast, free shipping for a lot of products. That's definitely a competitive advantage they have invested heavily in. I don't see the point of condemning Amazon because people who aren't in their marketplace can't provide the same fast, free shipping. Of course they can't, they didn't build a distribution network. Is the point of this article that Amazon is to blame because people who try really, really, really hard to do the thing Amazon does can't do it as well as they do? If you're trying to sell things to people, and it turns out what they care most about is the level of fast, free shipping Amazon marketplace offers, then you have several options: join Amazon marketplace and pay their toll, or create your own marketplace and compete with Amazon, or compete on some other aspect of your product and hope that customers care about that more than shipping.

southerntofu 5y ago
You don't see the point in condemning a private corporation for employing millions of wage-slaves throughout the world and abusing public postal services (while building their own distribution network) to make their boss the richest man on Earth and make sure no one can compete with their business? If that's the case, we have wildly different ethical standards.
- thatguy0900 5y ago
  "employing millions of wage-slaves throughout the world and abusing public postal services" I don't see how you can blame anyone but the government for these. If sending a lot of mail is "abusing" the public postal system instead of being the #1 customer then they need to charge more. If being a wage slave is possible then the minimum wage needs to be raised. Amazon is hardly the only company hiring minimum wage workers, after all.
  - jjeaff 5y ago
    Just because there isn't a law against something doesn't make it ok. And there is more to wage slavery than just low wages. Amazon has a history of abusive, manipulative behaviors when it comes to warehouse employees.

southerntofu 5y ago

You don't see the point in condemning a private corporation for employing millions of wage-slaves throughout the world and abusing public postal services (while building their own distribution network) to make their boss the richest man on Earth and make sure no one can compete with their business? If that's the case, we have wildly different ethical standards.

thatguy0900 5y ago
"employing millions of wage-slaves throughout the world and abusing public postal services" I don't see how you can blame anyone but the government for these. If sending a lot of mail is "abusing" the public postal system instead of being the #1 customer then they need to charge more. If being a wage slave is possible then the minimum wage needs to be raised. Amazon is hardly the only company hiring minimum wage workers, after all.
- jjeaff 5y ago
  Just because there isn't a law against something doesn't make it ok. And there is more to wage slavery than just low wages. Amazon has a history of abusive, manipulative behaviors when it comes to warehouse employees.