Matty Roses @ mattyroses @lemmy.today

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Yeah - now, the downsides of this are well covered, especially by Corey Doctrow, in that once the users are locked into the platform, Amazon decreases the actual benefits - and then starts chisling the sellers as well.

But to fix that, you do need to do something besides just scold the customers.

And most Amazon customers have prime, meaning they've prepaid shipping already.

It's not just books. Amazon offers many more goods, and locks people in with Prime.

I don't like it, but just claiming it as a sign of virtue won't change that.

It's generally not the search, it's the payment and shipping

I don't smoke weed, I have a future

It's self defense

Gold price actually Flatliners with the war, as people were selling gold to buy oil

Hey buddy, the "this is not who we are!" nonsense has always been ridiculous, but is particularly insane after Trump was elected, for the second time, with the popular vote.

The fact that you think your enemies are external is part of what makes America so able to be evil.

In the most crunktastic way

Snitches get stitches, Poppins

That wasn't a nanny . . .

Traitor to what, exactly?

Exactly. It's not only not profitable, but the valuation is nearly 100x revenue. And that revenue is just government largess.

I personally dropped all my index funds to avoid this grift.

It's time for guillotines, it's time to raise the boards

Oh yeah, cause the main point of politics to American liberals isn't to weild power or alter policy. It's to demonstrate that they, personally, are better people. And leftists not accepting their VBNMW failed nonsense is an unacceptable contradiction to that self image.

It really is just secular Calvinism.

You ever think that deciding you can't not murder people is part of the problem?

Serious Good German energy here.

The US has both. FPTP elections, and the presidency controlled by unequal votes depending on state.

Buddy, I read your dumb argument. You're surrendering on the only day that matters and wonder why you never win.