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Re:The Anti-Amazon Alliance by ViViDboarder on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @08:11PM (#23013732)
> Most grocery stores still don't have online ordering. Years, and years, and years, after Amazon entered the field, the other grocers have just decided to lie down and die.

Everyone but Trader Joe’s delivers where I love (SF). I don’t think this is true.

> I'm trying to think of any industry Amazon took out when even tried to fight back. Most just whined their way into oblivion.

Remember the Fire Phone? Amazon doesn’t always hit home runs, they have a ton of money so they can afford to fail fast and reinvest elsewhere.

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Re:The Anti-Amazon Alliance by MattGaiser on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @10:26PM (#23014600)
> where I love (SF). I don’t think this is true.

So... the most technically forward city in North America? I'm in Calgary, which is not a tech hub.

> Remember the Fire Phone? Amazon doesn’t always hit home runs, they have a ton of money so they can afford to fail fast and reinvest elsewhere.

And these companies start as the incumbents, which gives them time to at least copy and respond. Amazon had to steal every customer from them.

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