You cannot always do (1), sadly. And for (2) I am really forcing myself to avoid them at all cost, even when it means it's more expensive and less convenient. But even this way, the alternatives often makes you regret giving them money.
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Replying to @376b78fc7223 @dietrich
This. I have had delays, unexplained costs, and more with many small & direct merchants. And refunds/returns (although I avoid if at all possible) are a nightmare. Amazon sucks for merchants because it forces them to do things they otherwise would not for the customer...pic.twitter.com/lTr0DZDMgv
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... but not enough to stop them from using them as a marketplace. The numbers still work out for the better for everyone... Those who get shafted? the amazon fulfillment centers, and who?
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Replying to @NukeManDan @376b78fc7223
Annoying things... vs the evil things Amazon does. ICE surveillance, holding cities hostage, making workers pee in bottles, the owner is the richest human on the planet and DGAF about people at all... the list goes on and on and on. No thanks. I'll go without. Every time.
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Replying to @dietrich @376b78fc7223
Agreed on sentiment, but for many they will not stop under just knowing those things. What matters is the tangible results the consumer experiences. If amazon does a better job for faster and cheaper, it will continue to win. How can we undermine this in an ethical way?
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Replying to @NukeManDan @376b78fc7223
I'm exercising my choice of where I put my money. That's step 1. Step 2 is to share that, so others can think about their choices. Step 3 maybe things like anti-Amazon buying co-ops? Not sure. But I'm not going to feed evil again just because I can't boil the whole ocean.
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Replying to @dietrich @376b78fc7223


I love that take.
Let's add to it: market drivers are the single best way to get change , regardless of your morals, you are drawn to it. We can impact most by making the consumer happier with the result of a purchase. and then spreading the word about it. 1/1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
maybe what we need is OSS tools and something like union formation that make shopify look like a joke and beat amazon's search-ability, fulfillment, and price aggregation among many partners (your coop idea?) The hard part is - where does the money for this come from? 2/
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Amazon is able to sell everything *at a loss* because the make a MEGALOAD on AWS. Best way to stop amazon? Cut the money out where it actually hurts. STOP USING AWS.
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that is the real message to send ^^^ If AWS dries up, amazon can't operate as it does and the markets will help level the playing field
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YES. It's *crazy* that the dweb is shipping on Amazon. I mean, s/real/yet another/ message to send, but otherwise I totally agree.
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@protocollabs aws free? It should be if people there care about ending Amazon's monopoly on e-commerce and more

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The real impact is always in the pocketbooks of those you are trying to support or oppose. And with complex multi markert players you likely will do more by hitting something indirectly (aws VS Amazon e-commerce)
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