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I (don't) like how online retail is now either "Amazon" or "non-Amazon".

• rob74 5y ago
  On one hand, it's worrying that Amazon is so huge that we have these two categories; on the other hand we should be glad that there still is some "non-Amazon" left...
  • hnbad 5y ago
    This assumes it's in Amazon's interest for there not to be. Theoretically all companies under capitalism would want to become true monopolies because having competition means leaving money on the table, but in practice a duopoly or a de facto monopoly is preferable to skirt regulations and interventions. There is a good reason Google still props up Mozilla despite competing with them in the browser space. It would also be interesting so see how many of the larger non-Amazons run on AWS.
• hellbannedguy 5y ago
  It's payment safety. There are many sites I want to buy off of, but just don't trust them with my banking info. And yes--I know many websites accept Paypal. Amazon is just ease of mind with the negative of counterfeit products. (I think I'm hellbanned again, but don't really care.)
• herbst 5y ago
  If Amazon ever tries to get into Switzerland again we are getting the pitchforks out. It's so nice to have hundreds of small online shops actually competing with quality and or cheap products. Instead of a AliExpress clone with worse support.
  • ozfive 5y ago
    Here here!