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Hardly anything Amazon touches works. They can barely deliver stuff that isn't scuffed up and damaged. Their website is terrible. Prime Video borders on almost
by bmitc 3y ago
Hardly anything Amazon touches works. They can barely deliver stuff that isn't scuffed up and damaged. Their website is terrible. Prime Video borders on almost unusable. They still sell Kindles without USB-C. Their customer service is impossible to get a hold of now, as you are blocked by an inane "AI" chatbot. I've done their Amazon Day shipping, and they just toss a bunch of heavy stuff in a big box with (literally) a single piece of paper of "packing material". I'm still a bit chaffed by the interview I had with them. They acted like their principles made everything they touch turn to gold, whereas I can't name an Amazon product that I'm impressed by the technology or even process.
Amazon just does everything at scale. It's like they win 51% of the time, but since they place millions and billions of bets, they make oodles of money.
- akmittal 3y agoAmazon may not be best but this is being overly negative. Amazon is still growing at a decent pace(https://www.statista.com/statistics/266282/annual-net-revenue-of-amazoncom/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/266282/annual-net-revenu...). AWS is thriving, Microsoft and Google are hardly able to compete with AWS. > They still sell Kindles without USB-C. Every Kindle(latest model) they sell now has USB-C even the basic one.
- bmitc 3y agoI don't think it's overly negative in the sense that everything I said is basically the case. And the Kindle Oasis doesn't have USB-C. The fact that AWS might be entrenched or useful doesn't negate the general public's interaction with Amazon. They're even now actively discouraging returns. They are intentionally taking longer and longer to process returns, despite receiving items days, weeks, and even months prior to the return.
- fnordpiglet 3y agoIt would be remarkable to say AWS doesn’t work.
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- k_roy 3y agoThis is a fantastically myopic view on amazon. > They can barely deliver stuff that isn't scuffed up and damaged. Get probably a dozen orders every week that are just fine > Prime Video borders on almost unusable. Umm, okay. Never had this problem. > They still sell Kindles without USB-C. Kindle oasis eh? >> Currently unavailable. >> We don't know when or if this item will be back in stock. > Their customer service is impossible to get a hold of now, as you are blocked by an inane "AI" chatbot. I've done their Amazon Day shipping, and they just toss a bunch of heavy stuff in a big box with (literally) a single piece of paper of "packing material". Never really had this problem. Though when I've gotten an underpacked delivery they've fixed it. > I'm still a bit chaffed by the interview I had with them. They acted like their principles made everything they touch turn to gold, whereas I can't name an Amazon product that I'm impressed by the technology or even process. Did this really happen? Because there are a whole lot of reasons to hate Amazon, but EC2 really isn't one of them. And Amazon is a literal career springboard for everyone I've known. To add to this, I made it all the way through the Canonical process. Which was a bit more involved than being “chaffed at a single interview”. Because if the first interview chaffs you, just wait until you get to 4 or 6. I can proudly say, I know nothing more about Canonical’s overreaching principles and process than I would have had just farting around in the news. So I believe you are full of it.