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Re:Show HN: I'm building an open-source Amazon by chinchilla2020 on Saturday September 03, 2022 @12:47PM (#32703642)
Also very difficult to compete with Amazon. Amazon makes their operating profits from cloud computing and subsidizes their retail market with it. That is how they keep prices so low.
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Re:Show HN: I'm building an open-source Amazon by amelius on Saturday September 03, 2022 @01:56PM (#32704352)
The result is a form of predatory pricing which should be illegal.
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Re:Show HN: I'm building an open-source Amazon by scarface74 on Saturday September 03, 2022 @03:47PM (#32705411)
Instead a company should subsidize their product with VC funding like every single company on YC does..
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