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[Adder]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

70% market share is a monopoly in my book;
I do not believe that Amazon has anything close to 70% of stuff shipped in packages, which is to say that your house must be atypical;* and
Most of what Amazon can ship to you can also be bought in a store.

* Half of the cars in our driveway are VWs, but that doesn't mean that VW has 50% of the auto market.

Yeah, their share of packages delivered to us is pretty high, but was significantly lower back peak pandemic when I was ordering groceries. And I pretty much completely stopped buying from them without significantly altering my consumption (wife on the other hand can't stop).

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by Adder

Yeah, their share of packages delivered to us is pretty high, but was significantly lower back peak pandemic when I was ordering groceries. And I pretty much completely stopped buying from them without significantly altering my consumption (wife on the other hand can't stop).

They have done an incredible job of building the infrastructure to deliver goods quickly and efficiently, in large part because they have made huge investments.

But most of the time it's not like anyone has to buy from them.* Their house brands have zero market power. Which is why you can stop buying from them completely.

Books aside, much of what I buy from Amazon are one-off purchases that save me from having to remember to make a trip to a store. That's convenience for me. but Amazon is still competing with a host of other people to make those sales.


* An exception is hard-to-find books, of which I probably buy more than most people, but I don't think that's what Sebby cares about. (What is Sebby's issue here? I wish he'd say.)