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Re:Why does Amazon have no Western rivals? by peroids on Sunday May 17, 2026 @10:19PM (#48174979)
Amazon gets the majority of its revenue from AWS I believe, it also always re-invests everything right back into Amazon including buying up competitors or ripping off the most popular items in their website.

Walmart interface also just sucks.

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Re:Why does Amazon have no Western rivals? by HWR_14 on Monday May 18, 2026 @02:54AM (#48176314)
Amazon gets 1/3 of its revenue from selling things to users. This is by far the largest single revenue source.

However, it's also expensive. I believe the statistics show AWS is their biggest source of profits.

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Re:Why does Amazon have no Western rivals? by nonamesleft on Monday May 18, 2026 @03:12AM (#48176381)
Never used walmart, different continent, but i would be surprised if there is a large webshop with a worse interface than amazons.
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Re:Why does Amazon have no Western rivals? by modo_mario on Monday May 18, 2026 @03:46AM (#48176602)
aliexpress
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Re:Why does Amazon have no Western rivals? by nonamesleft on Monday May 18, 2026 @03:49AM (#48176625)
It is in general more awful, i will give you that, but atleast the search there is more likely to give something relevant than amazons.
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