Comment on Firefox will have a built-in ‘fake reviews detector’ — Amazon is in trouble

• aesthelete@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  There are some things you can really only buy there. Which is why I bigly agree with the US government that they’re a bigly monopoly bigly abusing their monopoly power (bigly).

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  • Trainguyrom@reddthat.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It extra sucks for rural America where you might only have a handful of stores to pick from and all are discount stores like Walmart and Dollar General. Makes it hard to buy better quality/up market items

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    • aesthelete@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      buy better quality/up market items

      I find this to be a challenge in general. Amazon and Walmart killed recognizable name brands as quality markers. Walmart forced their suppliers (some of which were name brands) down in quality and prices in order to maintain shelf space, and Amazon is just a haven for rip-off and junk goods.

      But the only places you can find quality with good warranty periods in my experience is ultra-high end suppliers in very top line stores. For instance, I’m trying to buy a leather jacket and everywhere I look both online or in person seems like a junk expo.

      I’ve had similar problems with furniture, and even home goods recently. The only place I’ve had any luck at all is Costco.

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      • Trainguyrom@reddthat.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Regarding furniture, check the Amish furniture stores! They make stuff that your grandkids will resent receiving as inheritance because they’ll be how many decades old and still in perfectly serviceable condition

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  • yiliu@informis.land ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Got any examples? Between Walmart, Etsy, AliExpress, Home Depot, and Wayfair, plus the fact that nearly every major store has online shopping and delivery…I really can’t think of anything I could only get on Amazon. To be quite frank, I think the US government’s case is sorta ridiculous.

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    • aesthelete@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Of course you do, you post like some type of Amazon shill.

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