Enshittification.
this post was submitted on 05 Jul 2025
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If I lived in a city where there are lots of different retailers that carry varieties of products then maybe I wouldn’t use Amazon. But when you live in a more rural area where the selection is limited and you like better stuff, there’s really not many other options.
It also seems like a very one sided criticism of Amazon. No corporation is good, and Amazon might very well be evil™️ but not everything about it is negative. It has also brought thousands of jobs to rural or semi rural areas that pay better than anything else in the area. They increase access to products that people like me wouldn’t be able to access otherwise. And they are actively trying to disrupt the healthcare industry by lowering prices and giving greater access to healthcare to people who are far from cities.
I also suspect that these descriptions of working conditions at Amazon centers seem to be cherry picked and might be attributed more to bad managers than company policy, because I’ve met people who work at Amazon warehouses and they don’t complain about this kind of stuff at all. In fact they seem to generally like their jobs.
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Nah, if buying from Amazon is the cheapest and easiest way to get something, I’ll buy from Amazon. I don’t care if they’re faking sales or anything if it’s still the cheapest and easiest.
I'm tired of these guilt campaigns.
And this is coming from someone who has avoided all Black Friday events, all Prime Day events, don't go on spending binges .etc
I will shop wherever and however at my leisure. Just because I buy something from Amazon or Wal-Mart, doesn't automatically mean I actively support their direction in how they handle things. I am one person, I can do so much. I shop with contempt.