The Amazon app is unusable. I don't know what they are doing to it but today it wouldn't let me add more than 4 items.

Also the design choices suck; I have always accidentally ordered to the wrong address because Amazon uses a "default address". A good rule of design; assume that the user doesn't think about things that they don't explicitly select.

They also just advertise cheap crap and the app is so maximalist it feels more like a casino with all the lights and buttons.

Can we get a competitor please?

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leonidasrup 11 hours ago | parent | next [-]

You can not get an competitor, because US goverment is not enforcing the antitrust law.

In an market economy the market can make efficient decisions about investment, production, and the distribution of goods and services to consumers, guided by price signals created through the forces of supply and demand. But the market can not prevent companies from forming an oligopoly or a single company winning the competition race and becoming an monopoly, only the goverment can.

"In 1999 a coalition of 19 states and the federal Justice Department sued Microsoft. A highly publicized trial found that Microsoft had strong-armed many companies in an attempt to prevent competition from the Netscape browser. In 2000, the trial court ordered Microsoft split in two to punish it, and prevent it from future misbehavior; however the Court of Appeals reversed the decision and removed the judge from the case for improperly discussing the case with the media while it was still pending. With the case in front of a new judge, Microsoft and the government settled, with the government dropping the case in return for Microsoft agreeing to cease many of the practices the government challenged."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_United_States_antit...

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aucisson_masque 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I don't know what you are speaking about You have millions of competitors.

From small business to big shopping centers, online resellers,...

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dlcarrier 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Not to mention that everyone from Walmart to what's left of Sears has online marketplaces to directly compete with Amazon's. Also, eBay never went away, with more than 85% of their sales being through fixed-price listings, like on Amazon's marketplace.

I know multiple people who don't buy from Amazon because they think Amazon is undercutting the competition. I don't buy from Amazon, because other markets are more competitive and have lower prices. The chance of Amazon having a lower price than eBay or Aliexpress are so low that it's not worth my time to look.

	▲	vatsachak 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah. Target has been more than pleasant, but I know that they have always been good at design and ergonomics. I should probably just switch to them

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vatsachak 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I find that Amazon is still the best for new, niche items like stationery. Maybe I need a Bayesian update

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qwerty_clicks 11 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Yeah just go to a local store and buy something. Feel some community and support community. It’s the life you’ve been missing and trying to buy with Amazon

	▲	vatsachak 11 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I use Amazon for niche products. Unfortunately the US doesn't have many niche stores like Japan does
	▲	pessimizer 10 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
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1over137 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

>Can we get a competitor please?

Don’t shop on the internet. Shop in the real world.

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nunez 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Buying direct and not using the app is an option!

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pineapplepizza6 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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