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> No matter how badly Amazon treats its workers, we all keep shopping there This doesn’t have to be true. I cancelled prime and haven’t shopped at Amazon in ye
by dopylitty 2y ago
> No matter how badly Amazon treats its workers, we all keep shopping there
This doesn’t have to be true. I cancelled prime and haven’t shopped at Amazon in years.
- tombert 2y agoI suspect most of the people frequent here still use AWS in some capacity if nothing else...
- pavel_lishin 2y agoOnly because of work.
- Zambyte 2y agoWhat does AWS actually offer that is useful that isn't provided elsewhere?
- RandallBrown 2y agoI'm sure there's lots of stuff but you can't really stop using AWS unless you stop browsing a pretty large chunk of the Internet.
- Zambyte 2y agoNot really what we're talking about. We're talking about being a direct customer of AWS vs other providers.
- x3n0ph3n3 2y agoMany of their managed services.
- Zambyte 2y agoLike? Lots of other people provide managed services as well nowadays. I'm not an expert on the matter, but I really feel like anything they offer probably has an alternative at this point if you don't want to use AWS.
- barryrandall 2y agoRelief from the IT procurement policy antipattern.
- worik 2y agoTrue. A lot of Internet services are on AWS But I would not, personally, deal with the royalty of dark patterns
- denkmoon 2y agoWhy? Sure in the case of work, but as an individual AWS is incredibly expensive! Can't be paying those crazy prices for my personal things.
- janalsncm 2y agoPrime is a good service. I don’t see why people should have to choose between workers being treated well and not having to deal with the hell that is shopping at a physical store. Seriously. Drive to the store. Find parking. Walk to the general location where item should be. Item isn’t there. Try to find a clerk (there are 2 in the whole store). Get item or settle for whatever is there. Wait in line. Self checkout (we were told this would reduce wait time). Pay more because store is more expensive. Drive home. The whole thing took an hour of your time and you didn’t even get the exact thing you wanted. Also, good luck if you have kids or are busy or don’t have a car or are disabled. The solution is labor laws. Voting with your wallet. Doesn’t. Work. It has never worked. Voting with your wallet is the solution companies want you to try because they know actual regulation would actually work.
- MiguelX413 2y agoIronically I detest online shopping and opt for brick and mortar when possible.
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- devsda 2y ago"the hell that is shopping at a physical store" Someone may say similar words about shopping at Amazon and they wouldn't be wrong. "the hell that is shopping at Amazon's counterfeit infested online store"
- rnd0 2y agoI'm actually making a point of shopping brick and mortar these days for that exact reason. It's gotten to the point where I'm not able to tell what's real and what's a scam on there so it's not worth the risk -at all.
- janalsncm 2y agoThat’s fine, you don’t have to prefer Amazon. Some people do, but that’s beside point, which is that workers should have rights to protect them, and voting with your wallet isn’t an effective way to get there.