Odds on Jeff Bezos getting his wallet ready?

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  • Darkmatter2k [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    I'm sure this will help the US convince everyone that "China bad", and they should follow the US's example.

    For what 5+ decades the US has shouted about free markets, and exported austerity and deregulation all over the world through the IMF, WTO and EU. All of that work has been revealed as a lie as plain as day for all to see.

    The Chinese will take these minor hits while Trump just keeps on shooting US foreign policy in the foot. Meanwhile China will continue to sign trade deals with countries, building their One Belt One Road initiative, and the US slides further and further into irrelevance.

    As US Capital starts consuming the wealth inside America, the US will loose even more of its purchasing power and the economic center of the world will shift towards the east.

  • Galli [comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    Everything from Alibaba will just flow through 3rd party sellers on ebay/amazon etc.

    Tiktok on the other hand was actually fucked if it was banned from Appstore/Playstore

    • CoralMarks [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Have you ever contemplated how sinister Amazon letting 3rd parties on actually is?
      Basically:

      The probe found that some Amazon executives had access to seller data that was then used to discover bestselling items they might want to compete against. The executives also developed workarounds to Amazon’s internal restrictions to gain access to reports on individual seller data, as part of a practice dubbed “going over the fence,” the Journal reported.

      From this article on the issue.

    • Terkrockerfeller [she/her]
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      4 years ago

      A lot of phone cases/styluses/other Disposable Plastic Shit on Amazon is already on ebay/alibaba for like a fifth of the price (though it takes several months to ship), All those brands like Zexspin or GoodIQ or whatever are just resellers of the same white label products

  • tetrabrick [xey/xem, she/her]
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    4 years ago

    man america is getting bullying farther than usual, gotta love the protectors of free markets