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A comment on CBS “60 Minutes” piece on Google’s abuse of dominance. Parent comment

Re:CBS “60 Minutes” piece on Google’s abuse of dominance by mieseratte on Monday May 21, 2018 @07:46AM (#17117650)
> When I want to buy something, I type "amazon.com", not "google.com".

I do the exact opposite, I either search a specific business' site or Google something vague like "sturdy cargo pants," find a brand / store that I like and visit that store.

I've been burned too many times by cheap, fake shit from Amazon. I'm not willing to deal with the hassle and wasted time.

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Re:CBS “60 Minutes” piece on Google’s abuse of dominance by sharemywin on Monday May 21, 2018 @09:38AM (#17118264)
Google really does have the best business model. It uses an auction model for advertising so most of the profits go to google and then user still blames the actual business for the problems.
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Re:CBS “60 Minutes” piece on Google’s abuse of dominance by jacksmith21006 on Monday May 21, 2018 @08:23AM (#17117839)
Same. I start on Google and then usually buy on Amazon. Google has the Amazon links like they should and it is high on the list even though Amazon is Google chief competitor.

Reason being Amazon is popular and offers a great service. Versus Yelp is horrible so not high on the list.

Kind of indicates Google search is working how it should and Yelp just has sour grapes.

Now if Amazon moved to the second page that would be something to put on 60 minutes.

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Re:CBS “60 Minutes” piece on Google’s abuse of dominance by mieseratte on Monday May 21, 2018 @11:49AM (#17119240)
> Same. I start on Google and then usually buy on Amazon.

When I said "visit the store" I meant "visit a physical shop." Amazon Basics aside, purchasing their physical products are fraught with peril. Especially with easy-to-forge high-margin products like clothing.

I have a few pairs of $40 inauthentic shorts I'd ordered off of Amazon a few years back. I realized they were fake after venturing into a physical store and seeing the difference, but I had gone years thinking Billabong had some seriously shoddy clothes.

I'm surprised we don't see more lawsuits of companies suing Amazon for peddling fakes goods and damaging their brand.

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