Comment on EU considers tariffs on digital services Big Tech

• ugo@feddit.it ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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  • pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Amazon - the logistics company - is just a front end for (and leech on) various drop shippers, lately, anyway.

    Amazon used to carry quality guarantees, and have meaningful reviews, but lately the wild West crapshoot of the rest of the web is just as good.

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    • kokolowlander@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Aren’t drop shippers finished with the recent tariffs, especially closing the loophole of de minimis?

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      • Chocobofangirl@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        For you guys. Amazon canada will still be infested with them, for instance. Also that’s assuming the dropshippers don’t just reroute their stuff to whoever has the lowest tariffs before delivering it here, like how lindt is moving all it’s delivery back into Europe so that they can go around the US to deliver to places like Canada.

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  • RedstoneValley@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    little choice for amazon the logistic company

    Depends on where you live. Here in Germany we have a few alternatives, like “Otto” and a few others with specialisations like electronics. Some of them have a marketplace just like Amazon and they even offer the same cheap chinese crap that Amazon has to offer. So you could feel right at home.

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    • schnapsman@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Can use a website like idealo to search multiple stores at once. I just wish they had a filter to block amazon results.

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  • lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    playstation

    The game console, made by Sony, who famously keeps trying to fuck everyone else over?

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    • WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      All game console companies famously keep trying to fuck everyone else over. Sony actually comes off fairly well compared to Nintendo and Microsoft.

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      • lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Sony shipped literal rootkits with their software years ago.

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  • dojan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Amazon is barely a thing here in Sweden. It’s niche drop shipped garbage for the most part, very similar to Wish and the like.

    They have some non-garbage stuff at the same price you find elsewhere.

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    • Chocobofangirl@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah they pulled out of QC so if I wasn’t so close to Ontario they’d be completely useless for me in canada too. Not that I haven’t avoided them for big purchases like computer stuff already, gonna have to look what general marketplaces we have otherwise lol

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  • fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Tbh I just duckduckgo the company and product if I find it in Amazon and order directly

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  • Tja@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Little choice?

    • allegro in Poland
    • Otto, Kaufland, galaxus, etc in Germany
    • idealo Europe-wide
    • aliexpress and co worldwide
    • your local retailer
    • second hand shops or apps if you are into saving money and/or the planet

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  • Arkouda@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Thank you for this!

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  • Deathray5@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’ve heard good things about lineage OS for android and maybe apple phones but I haven’t got around to using it

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  • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    All the alternative businesses to Amazon suck. And also probably advertise on Amazon as drop shippers anyway.

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    • TrenchcoatFullofBats@belfry.rip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah, switched to a different company for kitchen stuff, bought it on their site and everything, felt good about it.

      Delivery day comes, guess who delivered the package? Amazon. So that was great.

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