Always remember the Dutch east indies trading company and being able to get homes from Sears. Both gone.
this post was submitted on 01 Apr 2026
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It’s amazing what Sears and the other catalog stores threw away when they just didn’t catch on to the concept of a digital catalog even after Bezos showed them how to do it.
It’s interesting how the perception of Amazon for regular users is “if the delivery takes more than a day, Amazon is slipping” when my perception has been fading for coming on a decade. Amazon’s pricing has been climbing and they welcomed millions of drop shippers and counterfeit products with fake reviews and brushing schemes everywhere. The browsing experience is miserable as a result.
At this point, it’s better to find a reputable local-ish retailer or just go to Aliexpress. If you need it so badly in the next 24hrs, go get it yourself. Amazon’s “free” shipping has warped people’s brains.
No one. The free shipping model was not sustainable, and it was never free.
Amazon is in retraction because of a drop in sales after COVID habituation and because some retailers cannot afford their 40% service fees.
Sadly no. they are dominant so they can let their service slide because what are you going to do, buy stuff elsewhere?
I actually tried that, turns out 2/3 of the sellers there just use it as an overlay interface to Amazon. I got several packages shipped in Amazon wrapping. Yay!
Trading one company not paying employees a liveable wage for another. Joy, but you do what you can.
Like I said, I've been using Walmart more.
AWS will live for a very long time, no matter what happens to the retail business.
Just AWS and Amazon logistics alone are going to keep them in business a long time