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[–] opp@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What monopolistic and dirty practices are you referring to exactly?

[–] opp@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Shopify accounts for 1/3 of all e-commerce sales in the US in 2023, and with the rise of way cheaper Chinese alternatives to amazon like shien, Temu, & Alibaba express no one really has a monopolistic control in the e-commerce space.

[–] opp@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So we should just make almost 2 million Americans unemployed because some execs shredded some papers. I don't know if you know anything about retail work, but they pay less than Amazon does, very few actually pay over $15 an hour, Walmart starts you out at $12 an hour.

[–] opp@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

It wasn't necessarily Amazon that killed of the competition, it's the tech behind Amazon (e-commerce) that killed retail stores. Just like UBER demolished the taxi industry, just like cars replaced horse carriages, and just like AI's about to make knowledge workers completely obsolete. Amazon still has a great deal of competition from Walmart, Target, and lots of retailers.

[–] opp@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Learning French because I fucking love the French, and cooking for myself and people I care about. I also strangely find comfort in math, like I'm genuinely happy solving math problems which is why I'm going to uni for actuary.

[–] opp@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

No lol, did the same thing happen to him

[–] opp@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Reminds me of when my friend moved to Las Vegas, the shitty side of town, not the strip. And on the first day he had every wheel stolen off of his car when he stepped in a store for a couple of minutes.