• tburkhol@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      Last time I looked at Amazon’s books, their retail arm was barely profitable. Most of their actual profits came from AWS.

      Azure (MS) or GCP (Google) are the alternatives.

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      7 months ago

      Would love to see a really comprehensive list of sites that aren’t garbage AI slop scam alleyways that would help cover the goods and services that Amazon acts as a one-stop convenience for. I don’t want to support Amazon, but I also don’t want to get scammed by handing out my credit card info to any old shopping site.

      Feel free to add more suggestions in your own replies.

      I’ll start :

      Electronics : B&H Photo - owned by religious folks so hours of operation are a little odd sometimes, but overall good customer service, fair prices, reliable shipping

      Grocieries : Central Market - HEB’s high-tier store chain for high-quality groceries, instead of Whole Foods

      Kitchen supplies : Webstaurant - Wholesale store for things like home kitchen goods and supplies, as well as things like flatware and dishes

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        B&H photo isn’t just “owned by religious folks”. They staff everything above the warehouse exclusively with Hasidic Orthodox Jewish men.

        Afaik they aren’t tied to supporting Zionism. They had some problems a decade ago with safety standards and union busting.

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        I want a non profit/open source store aggregator where we can search for what we want like Amazon but direct is to the site with the item we are looking for.

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      I agree, but also they don’t make their money from sales. They make money from AWS servers/ services. I would bet that they lose money or maybe slightly break even on every sale of a physical item.

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        7 months ago

        All of lemmy shopping Prime is a drop in the oceans of the millions per month my company pays aws

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      7 months ago

      “V0te with ur d0ll4rzzz!!!”

      Do you actually think the next best option is actually good? There is no escape from capitalism.