Re:France moves to shield its book industry from Amazon
by jareklupinski on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @11:59PM
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> It just removes the price out of the equation.
I too welcome our post-scarcity future :)
Re:France moves to shield its book industry from Amazon
by makeitdouble on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @12:46AM
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This feels like a joke, but deciding on where/how to buy something completely ignoring the price (same everywhere) is refreshing.
There's few similar experiences, perhaps movie theaters before they started monthly plans/membership programs. I can't think of any other day to day instance where price comparison is explicitly rendered moot.
Re:France moves to shield its book industry from Amazon
by refurb on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @02:38AM
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In situations like this the end user typically pays dears for that "luxury'.
Similar to cell phone service in Canada. Prices are carefully negotiated with carriers and as a results Canadians pay some of the highest cell phone fee in the world.
On a personal level, delivery network was a big one, and Amazon wasn't the best on this as you can't choose in most cases (delivery guys randomly calling on my phone because they got lost in another town...). But everyone will have their pet peeve, some people will just chose on how warm they feel about the company.