Respectfully, this argument reads like it is completely ignorant of the e-commerce landscape over the past 30 years and how much Amazon has shaped and innovated in the space. Not to mention that today they have several verticals beyond e-commerce that make up their valuation.

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carlosjobim 2 days ago | parent [-]

Okay go on and count only half for the sake of argument. That's still a trillion. Any business can do what Amazon does for their products and their customers. But they don't and they won't. Those who do experience great advantages.

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ZYbCRq22HbJ2y7 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

> Any business can do what Amazon does for their products and their customers

No, they can't, as evidenced by not everyone else in e-commerce doing that.

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carlosjobim 2 days ago | parent [-]

What kind of argument is that? Not doing something is not evidence that it is impossible to do.

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ZYbCRq22HbJ2y7 2 days ago | parent [-]

Yer trollin', but yeah, I'll reply, normally when things are successful, people follow suit, so doing something is evidence that it is possible to do. Like, take nuclear weapons for an example...

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carlosjobim a day ago | parent [-]

I think you misunderstood this part:

"Any business can do what Amazon does for their products and their customers."

What I meant is that any business can do for their products and their customers what Amazon does. Not that any business can do everything Amazon does.

There would be little reason for online marketplaces like Amazon to grow so huge, if businesses had cared enough to provide a reasonable online experience. 20 years ago, 10 years ago, or 5 years ago. Now we are in 2025 and most businesses offer worse online customer experience than what good businesses were offering 20 years ago. You can't be 20 years behind the times and say that it's impossible to compete. It's very possible to make a great customer experience and make money online, even for small businesses with limited means. As evidence by many companies doing that.

It's the same with any marketplace like Booking.com or restaurant delivery apps. They wouldn't be half as big if the businesses they serve wouldn't be too lazy and worthless to make a decent online experience for their customers. But here we are.

	▲	bellgrove a day ago \| parent [-]
		I think today it is a lot easier for businesses to do what Amazon does - but a lot of that is true because of Amazon. Shopify, stripe, and logistics & last mile providers fill some gaps but they were not as widely known or as easy to integrate with long ago - most didn’t even exist until well into Amazon’s existence.

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danaris 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Amazon has built out a tremendous logistics network that no one else in the world has.

Statements like this are just staggeringly ignorant of how businesses like Amazon operate.

	▲	carlosjobim 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Can you make your point without resorting to insults? Businesses don't need to be as good as Amazon or deliver as fast. Amazon is just an example. But business need to take their online experience seriously if they don't want to be pushed aside by Amazon and the likes. And few businesses seem to do that even though it's not hard.