I sometimes think about how we got here. How now this has become some people’s only option. Amazon banked on people relying on them and scooped up market share, and destroyed small businesses so they became the only option. People don’t even look for alternatives or discover businesses around them anymore. I had to help a few friends understand this. I had a friend buying toilet paper from Amazon, that’s literally sold everywhere.
When I say don’t use Amazon, it’s not to shame the people who can’t, it’s to have them think of an alternative, train out their reliance. Don’t continue to give Amazon that reliance.
There are not many times you need that specific obscure part, most of the time it’s things that will have alternative sources. So it’s about taking a moment to just consider.
Target Jeff Bezos because he is literally top of the list of billionaires, he does not need the money. You can use this as a measurement. Newegg is a better option. A small electronics store that delivers in your country if their brick and mortar store is not near you, even better.
And like you pointed out, perfection is the enemy of progress.
This combined with just considering if you actually need something or just want junk advertised to you. It’s a way to break from frivolous consumption as well, which Amazon also relies on. Also consider that you don’t need things this fast. I feel like Amazon broke our perception. We used to not get things delivered for up to 2 weeks and that was fine. But somehow it’s unacceptable if it’s not there the next day. Most things you buy are not emergencies. Waiting does not waste your time, your life goes on while you wait.
I sometimes think about how we got here. How now this has become some people’s only option. Amazon banked on people relying on them and scooped up market share, and destroyed small businesses so they became the only option. People don’t even look for alternatives or discover businesses around them anymore. I had to help a few friends understand this. I had a friend buying toilet paper from Amazon, that’s literally sold everywhere.
When I say don’t use Amazon, it’s not to shame the people who can’t, it’s to have them think of an alternative, train out their reliance. Don’t continue to give Amazon that reliance.
There are not many times you need that specific obscure part, most of the time it’s things that will have alternative sources. So it’s about taking a moment to just consider.
Target Jeff Bezos because he is literally top of the list of billionaires, he does not need the money. You can use this as a measurement. Newegg is a better option. A small electronics store that delivers in your country if their brick and mortar store is not near you, even better.
And like you pointed out, perfection is the enemy of progress.
This combined with just considering if you actually need something or just want junk advertised to you. It’s a way to break from frivolous consumption as well, which Amazon also relies on. Also consider that you don’t need things this fast. I feel like Amazon broke our perception. We used to not get things delivered for up to 2 weeks and that was fine. But somehow it’s unacceptable if it’s not there the next day. Most things you buy are not emergencies. Waiting does not waste your time, your life goes on while you wait.