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Comment on Amazon's Monopoly of the tech industry is ruining the US economy

Arkouda@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

I enjoy this narrative of “being forced” to go against ones own morals and principals by big bad companies because one just absolutely has to have a product for as cheap as possible.

You went to two stores and then straight to Amazon. That doesn’t mean they have a monopoly, that means you really didn’t try that hard to find an alternative.

If you think you have no other choice you are right because you stopped looking for one.

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sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Yup, I know of a handful of local stores that would have what OP needs:

office supply stores - there’s an Office Depot right next to my local Target

photo supply stores - they specialize more in lenses and accessories, but they should also have photo paper

art stores - even hobby stores like Hobby Lobby, Joanne’s, or Michael’s would have it

CVS/Walgreens/etc

"tech" stores, like Best Buy (or Microcenter if you’re in the eastern US)

random “everything” stores, like Big Lots, “Dollar” stores, etc (less likely, but worth a shot if one is close)

Your area will certainly be different, and there’s also a bunch of online stores, like B&H Photo (and dozens more, not going to list them all).

And I’m not in a big urban area, if you’re near a major city, you’ll have dozens of small stores that’ll sell that kind of stuff.
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endofline@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Yes, asking for every damn material on facebook group of the university academic year is not suitable in the long run. Yes, there is to be one guy on my year hosting all material for free but he stopped and everybody moved to facebook groups.

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