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Re:Amazon rolls out machines that pack orders and replace jobs by m463 on Monday May 13, 2019 @06:01PM (#19904438)
what about #3 - amazon tells sellers to ship to buyers, does no packaging, still makes money

Of course, there's no reason #2 can be a check-and-balance against #3 becoming too expensive/independent.

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Re:Amazon rolls out machines that pack orders and replace jobs by marcosdumay on Monday May 13, 2019 @10:51PM (#19906395)
That's #1. It depends on the sellers accepting the extra tasks, and doing them competently while harming Amazon's brand if they don't. It also prepares those same services to sell though other intermediaries that can not compete today with Amazon's logistics.

Why would Amazon comoditize its greatest competitive advantage? (Yet, it seems that they are, so the question is not rhetorical.)

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