4 ms·

> even without Jeff Bezos It's honestly because of Jeff Bezos that Amazon can succeed without Jeff Bezos. People honestly do not give Bezos enough credit, not

> even without Jeff Bezos It's honestly because of Jeff Bezos that Amazon can succeed without Jeff Bezos. People honestly do not give Bezos enough credit, not just for what Amazon has achieved, but for what he has achieved within Amazon. Decades from now there will be case studies about the succession planning at Amazon versus other "major" companies of our time which oftentimes revolve around the ego and narcissism of a CEO with too much self-importance to foster any sort of succession within the organization. Amazon's best years are quite likely still not behind us and will quite likely happen when Bezos is no longer around to see them.

ergocoder 5y ago
I was at Google. The ability to look long term at Amazon is just fucking amazing. Google will never ever have that kind of competence.
scollet 5y ago
Yeah! Root for the villains! Yeah! Suffering is cool again!
- Henk0815 5y ago
  A villain can still be a competent villain
overtonwhy 5y ago
Bezos made a better web interface for a Walmart level selection of goods and now Walmart is caught up and it's all the same. Shopping at Amazon is ethically the same as shopping at Walmart (not good IMO).
- fault1 5y ago
  Yeah, but ecommerce is just one of amazon's (many) businesses.
  - GhettoComputers 5y ago
    And it would become more profitable without it
- leetcrew 5y ago
  how is Walmart "caught up"? this is what their homepage looks like today on my pixel 4a: https://ibb.co/Y3Zh7k2 https://ibb.co/Y3Zh7k2 if I flip it to landscape, the layout looks right, but the button to reveal the search bar (the most important element on a retail homepage) doesn't work. I would be shocked to have that experience with Amazon in the middle of the holidays. it's just throwing away money.
  - dogleash 5y ago
    >how is Walmart "caught up"? this is what their homepage looks like today on my pixel 4a: https://ibb.co/Y3Zh7k2 https://ibb.co/Y3Zh7k2 They're caught up exactly because your biggest problem is that the site layout shit the bed. Your complaint wasn't that their business model and logistical infrastructure doesn't let you order stuff to your home on par with amazon.
    - leetcrew 5y ago
      it might seem like a minor issue. if I really wanted to shop with Walmart I could try a different browser, try their app, or switch to my PC. but people don't do that when they just want to buy something. approximately no one cares about giving second chances to a megacorp. when you have strong competition, it's not enough to mostly get things right at a high level. the little things matter just as much for earning trust. Amazon gets this. Walmart, apparently, does not. they're a solid second choice if something is sold out elsewhere, I'll give them that.
  - GhettoComputers 5y ago
    I like that it can work without javascript.

ergocoder 5y ago

I was at Google. The ability to look long term at Amazon is just fucking amazing. Google will never ever have that kind of competence.

scollet 5y ago

Yeah! Root for the villains! Yeah! Suffering is cool again!

Henk0815 5y ago
A villain can still be a competent villain

overtonwhy 5y ago

Bezos made a better web interface for a Walmart level selection of goods and now Walmart is caught up and it's all the same. Shopping at Amazon is ethically the same as shopping at Walmart (not good IMO).

fault1 5y ago
Yeah, but ecommerce is just one of amazon's (many) businesses.
- GhettoComputers 5y ago
  And it would become more profitable without it
leetcrew 5y ago
how is Walmart "caught up"? this is what their homepage looks like today on my pixel 4a: https://ibb.co/Y3Zh7k2 https://ibb.co/Y3Zh7k2 if I flip it to landscape, the layout looks right, but the button to reveal the search bar (the most important element on a retail homepage) doesn't work. I would be shocked to have that experience with Amazon in the middle of the holidays. it's just throwing away money.
- dogleash 5y ago
  >how is Walmart "caught up"? this is what their homepage looks like today on my pixel 4a: https://ibb.co/Y3Zh7k2 https://ibb.co/Y3Zh7k2 They're caught up exactly because your biggest problem is that the site layout shit the bed. Your complaint wasn't that their business model and logistical infrastructure doesn't let you order stuff to your home on par with amazon.
  - leetcrew 5y ago
    it might seem like a minor issue. if I really wanted to shop with Walmart I could try a different browser, try their app, or switch to my PC. but people don't do that when they just want to buy something. approximately no one cares about giving second chances to a megacorp. when you have strong competition, it's not enough to mostly get things right at a high level. the little things matter just as much for earning trust. Amazon gets this. Walmart, apparently, does not. they're a solid second choice if something is sold out elsewhere, I'll give them that.
- GhettoComputers 5y ago
  I like that it can work without javascript.