Assuming something would happen because someone else came up with the idea is dumb. Remember that before the iPhone, this was a smartphone
You can't assume that anyone would have come out with an iPhone because Apple came up with it.
Similar to iPhone competitors. Until Google came out with a killer OS and app base, no one could compete with the iPhone. Speaking as someone who owned a Blackberry Storm the jump from that to the Motorola Droid was like moving from Windows 95 to Windows 7. And I got the Droid a year later so it shouldn't have been a drastic leap. I actually think I bought the droid at full price to get rid of the Storm. Or it broke so many times they let me upgrade early. And I sold so many freaking droids. I pushed so many people away from Blackberry Storm to the Droid.
Stockholm, more densely populated than NYC - sturg
You're comparing the battling of large corporations on world changing tech versus a slight change to an everyday household product that starts to sell like crazy. Amazon identifies this product is selling in high numbers - Copies it - Changes the algorithm so shoppers buy theres instead of the person that thought of it in the first place.
You can stand with Amazon on these practices if you want. I choose not to.
Natural Immunity Croc
You think that central planning can lead to better results than the market... which is what all socialists and communists believe
You outwardly say you know your plans would lead to worse results
You blame free markets for things that happened because of the opposite of free markets... and then claim "but the opposite of free markets are the end stage of free markets!"
"I can't fix my life, but I can fix the world" said the socialist
Jaw (07-26-2022)
If you don't think Amazon wants to dictate policy then I'd ask you why Bezos has anything to do with the WaPo which is a hyper partisan rag....
Bezos ENCOURAGED lockdowns (I wonder why) and yet you guys want to defend his practices.
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Natural Immunity Croc
We are living in the easiest times in world history (although I do believe that is about to change, thanks to government intervention)
We have air conditioning. Cars. Computing power that could get us to Mars. With a tap of button, we can have food delivered to our door. I can get to Australia by tomorrow.
This happened because of capitalism and markets. The middle class is living better today than the world's richest person was living 100 years ago.
Things are about to get much worse thanks to our government deciding it knows best
"I can't fix my life, but I can fix the world" said the socialist
of course Amazon wants to dictate policies.
The solution is to strip government's power to where Amazon can't. It's to elect leaders who aren't corrupt.
Instead, you want to increase the government's power (and influence)... and if memoryy serves, you want to raise taxes on people to give this government more money
by the way... lockdowns don't happen in free markets... lockdowns happen in centrally planned governments who think they are protecting our best interests
"I can't fix my life, but I can fix the world" said the socialist
Should we be selling our farmland to the CCP?
Isn't that free market?
Natural Immunity Croc
Jaw (07-26-2022)
Is it a good thing that this happens with Amazon? Probably not. I’m not sure what regulations would do.
But the general point is you don’t get all the amazing innovation without some side effects. Change sucks but maybe it’s not a bad thing if not everyone can be a third party retailer for Dyson vacuums or Samsung TVs, instead these people provide services that we need like airplane pilots, air traffic control, nurses, cops, and teachers.
lol "these not free markets are the result of free markets!!"
We must ensure markets are never free again!
"I can't fix my life, but I can fix the world" said the socialist