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Re:When the Dotcom Bubble Burst by NitpickLawyer on Monday March 17, 2025 @04:06AM (#43386177)
> "AI" is unprofitable and almost completely useless.

Famous people said that about the Internet as well, back in the day. And about AMZ.

Re:When the Dotcom Bubble Burst by immibis on Monday March 17, 2025 @08:50AM (#43387996)
I've still never bought a single physical product from Amazon.

Only AWS, which I stopped using when they decided to raise their price I'd already locked in and prepaid for, which should be unlawful. Then I realized every traditional provider is much cheaper.

Re:When the Dotcom Bubble Burst by edanm on Monday March 17, 2025 @03:41PM (#43392037)
> I've still never bought a single physical product from Amazon.

In the context of this thread, do you think that statement means anything? Amazon is (and I can't believe I have to say this) incredibly successful at selling physical products. It doesn't matter, at all, if you have or haven't bought a product from Amazon.

I might as well make a comment in a thread discussing menstrual pads that "I've never used a single one". This is true of roughly half the population.

Re:When the Dotcom Bubble Burst by immibis on Friday March 21, 2025 @07:59AM (#43434595)
It's relevant because someone implied that Amazon is not almost completely useless. I find it almost completely useless.
Re:When the Dotcom Bubble Burst by elzbardico on Monday March 17, 2025 @12:45PM (#43390386)
I can give you a giant list of technical novel developments that the doomsayers predict would go nowhere commercially and they were right.