It’s cringe because it’s affordable and convenient? Whenever I buy something from there I always price compare online and it’s the cheapest hands-down. Some people don’t have the luxury of constantly considering geopolitics and large-scale repercussions when they’re just simply trying to get by.
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I cannot express enough how angry I am that people still use amazon. Major cringe when friends tell me all the shit they buy on there. I used it 10 years ago a couple times, never once since then. Its shit, slave labor, and enriches billionaires. No one forces you to use it.
dejova281@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
Soup@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
It super depends on what you’re buying. Personally, I just go without in order to avoid them. The only things I ever buy from Amazon are things I cannot find anywhere else that I need to have, such as water filters for the lead pipes in Montréal.
We don’t have the luxury to ignore how bad Amazon is. Amazon is aware of this and does everything it can to force you to buy from them by under cutting other businesses until competition dries up. Every time I can buy something for a little bit more and skip Amazon that’s a huge a win for everyone from the original supplier, the more local store selling it, and the working class in general.
TronBronson@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
No bro water filters from Amazon are unethical, please expose yourself to lead because some guy on lemmy is virtue signaling /s
Soup@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
I cannot tell what side of the argument you’re trying to be on here, gunna be real hokest with ya.
raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
“some people don’t have the luxury of considering whether their product is made from death camp body parts when they’re just simply trying to get by”
TronBronson@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Jesus H Fucking Christ. How about electing a government that will regulate Amazon instead of comparing poor people who need consumer goods to nazis. This is some tankie ass behavior
raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
You missed the point completely, so I’ll lay it out for you: Everyone has to draw a line SOMEWHERE. And when a country whose government sends fascist death squads into the streets is supported by a company, there’s a fuckton of lines to be drawn.
There’s ZERO excuse for doing business with amazon. No one is starving because they can’t shop there. So GTFO with your lazy ass morally corrupt exuses.
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 17 hours ago
Sure, but there’s many people who are wealthy enough to make the choice and still use amazon because they dont know any better. And this is what happens.
Echolynx@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Unfortunately, they are a master at driving local businesses out of money. Buying a certain pet food at my local retailer (a franchisee) would be about $30. On Amazon, it’s $25 (and sometimes even $15-20, if you do the subscription discount). At the local store, I’d have to pay more and drag the stuff home on my own feet.
turmacar@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It’s the Walmart model. A lot of the frustration is that it’s a systemic problem where individuals are incentivized against their best interests and the best interests of their communities.
Because shareholders. The Line, must go up.
Thankfully (/s) Amazon has enough money that it’s cheaper to bribe politicians than provide a better product. So systemic solutions are that much more difficult.
TronBronson@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Feel free to provide goods to my rural community any time! You can’t believe that poor people have budget consideration and seek the cheapest product?
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 17 hours ago
Use eBay or literally any other site. What is so specific to amazon that you need ?
Darcranium@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Once all the competitors are gone, they will increase the prices to absurd, heartless levels
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 17 hours ago
Its always the plan. Walmart. Discord. They all do the exact same thing. Which is why we must resist.
toddestan@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
I avoid Amazon as much as possible, though on occasion I’ve more or less had no other reasonable choice. But that’s happened something like 4 times in the last 10 years or so.
The big problem with boycotting Amazon is that while it’s easy enough to avoid buying from their online store as much as possible, AWS (Amazon Web Services) is pretty much unavoidable if you’re using the modern internet.