Comment on Amazon's Monopoly of the tech industry is ruining the US economy
LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 5 days ago
Not just tech, all over the product spectrum. They started by selling books.
A large problem is payment system and accounts. I hate going to a new shop and create a new account, a new password, bla bla bla. I hate it. And wiring with online banking is still a pain the ass, you have to enter some password into your shitty phone keyboard and then wait for an SMS… paypal and amazon payment make shopping convenient.
So part of the problem is banks who have been sleeping on the job for decades. At least here in Europe. You finally can wire money so it arrives immediately from your bank account at a shop! (without having to waste some tax on a payment provider either). But 2 factor authentication is still a pita. Where is my online bank with easy to use FIDO2?
TachyonTele@lemm.ee 5 days ago
Books have always been a tool for power.
Guess even in our times that’s true.
LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 5 days ago
And then amazon, a book seller, bought IMDB and eventually burned down the discussion section - which contained so much “secondary literature” about films. I’ll never forgive them for that.
TachyonTele@lemm.ee 5 days ago
I always forget about that. Makes me sad.
sneekee_snek_17@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I’m completely unfamiliar with this, can you elaborate?
LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 5 days ago
IMDB used to be independent and have a pretty amazing forum for movies. Like people would have lots of debate and discussion and insight. I loved going there after watching a movie. It was sort of “secondary literature” and nothing like this existed before. Then they just decided to delete countless contributions and shut it down. Instead of paying for moderation for the few trolls.
Of course there are plenty of other movie forums, some even copies the old posts and there is r/movies, but it’s much more fractured now. There are certain network effects for social media that need to reach a critical size.
postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Y’all havemt even broached Amazon Web Services market share.