Amazon's Toll Road – How it funds its monopoly empire

Re:Amazon's Toll Road – How it funds its monopoly empire by xiphias2 on Friday December 03, 2021 @12:33PM (#29432650)

I don't understand the amount of hate for Amazon. I travel around the world, and whenever I was in the US and ordered from Amazon, got my package the same or next day for a very cheap price, I thought of moving to US just because how much easier it makes life there.

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Re:Amazon's Toll Road – How it funds its monopoly empire by PaulDavisThe1st on Friday December 03, 2021 @01:24PM (#29433287)

All of us play several different roles in life. Child, parent, employee, employer, friend, colleague, enemy, competitor, producer, consumer, activist, defendant, victim, oppressor, buyer, seller, exploiter, exploited, citizen ...

Amazon is an amazing thing when we're wearing our consumer hat. Not perfect, but really deeply amazing.

But if you put on some of the other hats, it's no longer so clearly a good thing. Wearing our consumer hat all the time ("Cheap! Fast! Great!") is not a positive thing for the overall structure of society.

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Re:Amazon's Toll Road – How it funds its monopoly empire by shepherdjerred on Friday December 03, 2021 @01:04PM (#29433017)

I think it's mostly ethical concerns. Poor treatment of workers, anti-competitive practices, supporting a billionaire, etc.

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Re:Amazon's Toll Road – How it funds its monopoly empire by barbazoo on Friday December 03, 2021 @01:08PM (#29433076)

Nobody is saying that they're not doing a good job.

For me it's about the externalities such as poor treatment of their workforce, tax avoidance, worsening the consumption culture and environmental impact.

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Re:Amazon's Toll Road – How it funds its monopoly empire by legitster on Friday December 03, 2021 @01:37PM (#29433442)

Amazon is consistently ranked near the top of trusted organizations. In real life I only know 2 or 3 people who might actually complain about Amazon.

But being big means you draw more attention. And journalists love to give them attention.

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Re:Amazon's Toll Road – How it funds its monopoly empire by mint2 on Friday December 03, 2021 @12:56PM (#29432923)

Because they know the actual cost of the convenience. The cost is far more than the item price being deducted from ones bank, there are externalities.

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