Wait so I can get mad at Amazon and laugh at a dumb small business tyrant in the same thread? It's a Christmas miracle.
Yeah for real there's no good guys in this story.
Amazon can fuck off.
Dropshippers can fuck off.
Oh also people who buy a cheap tripod to try and support their expensive camera gear are idiots.
It's like those gaming PC builds which cheap out on the mobo and power supply, putting the rest of the parts at risk. The type of guy that does this also always think they're super clever because the specs are more or less the same as well.
Is there really a huge difference between mobos though? The thing that matters most is the chooser and as long as you get a rated board with an official choosey you should be in the clear right?
Yeah, I got a similar feeling from the article.
This year, Amazon has zeroed in on Shopify Inc., a fast-growing Canadian company that helps small merchants create online shops. Amazon has established a secret team, “Project Santos,” to replicate parts of Shopify’s business model, said people familiar with the project.
Like Amazon is scummy and all, but what the fuck do you want, a patent on business model?
but what the fuck do you want, a patent on business model?
Not on the business's side as they basically contribute very little of value here, but the argument might be that Amazon is such an important part of the logistics and last mile infrastructure in America that in order to prevent a monopoly we need to either nationalize it or split it up. If Amazon (or Walmart) were a collection of small regional companies they wouldn't be able to decide which businesses survive at the click of a button, they also wouldn't have the downward pressure on employee salaries they currently do.
I mean such is the problem inherent with monopolies. They have enough money to just copy your business model at a lower price and undercut you out of the business. And Amazon seems like they wanna compete in everything.
Another Christmas miracle! We get to hate on Amazon, and the :freeze-peach: shitheads at Shopify that host Breitbart's merch store? Satan Claus has truly blessed us today.
And Facebook
And Google
"but why would you want the guberment spying on you???" -> literally its already happening and I'd rather have some semblance of democratic control over that anyway
Capitalists: The free market will dictate itself! Trust it!
Also capitalists: The great thing about this country is that small businesses can thrive, anyone can make it in America. Bro pls just trust the system, Amazon is big but -- bro pls just wait a little longer I promise, the market
Capitalists: the free market will dictate itself! Trust it!
Amazon: Become the market
Several Amazon sellers said they have received notifications from Amazon, which has been battling fraud and fake goods on its platform, that say their products are used or counterfeit. Amazon suspends their selling accounts until they can prove that the products are legitimate, which can cause big sellers to lose tens of thousands of dollars each day, they said.
To turn their accounts back on, Amazon often requests that the sellers provide details on who manufactures their product along with invoices from the manufacturer so that Amazon can verify authenticity. Several sellers told the Journal they provided those details to Amazon to get their accounts reinstated, only for Amazon to introduce its own version of their products using the same manufacturer.
lmao
Again, these dropshippers are fishing for sympathy. Since these products are almost always imported from China, there are websites where it's trivial to look up a business and the manufacturers it uses overseas. The websites scrape publicly available customs information.
As bad as Amazon is, a bunch of random dropshippers who literally add no value are even worse.
The article also talks about Amazon copying their tripod design, so I assume it means they designed it or at least contracted someone to design the tripod.
Were any of you watching C-Span a few months ago when Bezos was being questioned? It was just a bunch of elected boomers asking why their Iphone is tracking them.
Imagine thinking that selling stuff on the website of your literal biggest competitor is going to end well for you. Weren't capitalists supposed to be economic geniuses? :')
Look at what Billion Americanz boi said https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1341820807144681473
