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Re:Amazon is stuffing its search results pages with ads by emodendroket on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @02:18PM (#17962059)
Call me unimaginative, but I find it unlikely that online retail can be supplanted by some completely different product the way that Blackberries could.
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Re:Amazon is stuffing its search results pages with ads by AlexandrB on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @08:48AM (#17968015)
Someone just has to follow the Amazon model and sell to an under-serviced niche market before expanding into different product categories.

There are plenty of product categories that are poorly served by modern Amazon[1]. A small competitor specializing in one of these could eventually supplant them.

[1] Books, ironically, being one of them. Amazon has gotten lazy with book shipping - often using simple envelopes - and they now arrive damaged more often than not.

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Re:Amazon is stuffing its search results pages with ads by Drdrdrq on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @04:33PM (#17963109)
VR / AR? Or just a better business model that caters customers' needs better...
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Re:Amazon is stuffing its search results pages with ads by emodendroket on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @04:52PM (#17963263)
Well, I can only speak for myself, but every time I've used VR I've become nauseated, so I'd rather drive to the store if that's how shopping is done in the future.
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