Blue Apron Plummets After Amazon Files for Meal-Kit Trademark

Re:Blue Apron Plummets After Amazon Files for Meal-Kit Trade... by r00fus on Monday July 17, 2017 @03:08PM (#14791436)

> If "we" want to stop trashing the world, first we need to show we are willing to pay for that.

This is the typical supply-side dodge. Consumers have little to no power here. I can't dictate to Amazon or major shipping companies (I do buy AMZN's frustration-free when I can).

What option is there? Do you propose I compete with the packaging with my own offering?

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Re:Blue Apron Plummets After Amazon Files for Meal-Kit Trade... by abandonliberty on Monday July 17, 2017 @05:18PM (#14792334)

Wouldn't this paraphrase as "I have no power, so I will continue financially supporting them." ?

Consumers blame suppliers, suppliers blame consumers. No one has to do anything. Long live the status quo! :)

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Re:Blue Apron Plummets After Amazon Files for Meal-Kit Trade... by r00fus on Monday July 17, 2017 @08:16PM (#14793390)

> suppliers blame consumers

That's the dodge right there. Easy as a supplier to simply say "we provide what the consumer wants" to justify all business decisions. Courage, that is.

This is normally where the government or watchdog organizations get involved - those have been gutted or defanged in the past few decades... by business interest group lobbying.

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