eat the rich. regulate monopolies
this post was submitted on 02 Feb 2024
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If this isn't a sign for Amazon workers that their contribution is undervalued even at their current compensation, I don't know what is. For fucks sake, unionize and become millionaires!
Cutting to profitability. A tired and true way to make the books look good.
(Not a typo)
Till shit starts falling apart and then gradually customers get aggravated and move away to something else.
But you know their product is going to go to shit in a few quarters, so be sure to sell high.
I always sign up for the free Prime trials just so I can get the satisfaction of cancelling.
How often does that happen? What's the duration?
I was mostly being facetious, I try not to use Amazon. My wife does off and on and has used a free trial 3-4 times a year.
The trials are 30 days (in the US) and years ago, 4-5, I would just use a throwaway email and do a new trial every 30 days to keep Prime. Not sure if they guard against that at all now or not.
They offer me "free trials" every few months when i try to purchase something. which i accept and then promptly cancel so I don't forget about it. It's helpful for me since there are some things i need to purchase regularly on there. No throwaway required.
Good to know, glad you take advantage! Amazon is one of several companies I avoid on ethical grounds but I fault nobody else for shopping there.
And today I cancelled my prime membership and it feels great
TLDR: Amazon is a cunt
If you stop putting fuel in your car, the first few miles are very cheap i must say....
Almost all of it is AWS. Which has a what, a 30% margin? Your money at work.
That's generally how the economy works, unless you're in a recession...
i mean yeah duh. that doesn't mean it's right or good to do mass layoffs
Money for me, but not for thee
Haven't ordered anything from their site for years and never felt better
Does that mean that massive layoffs work?
Nobody works after massive layoffs :)
Looking forward to this year's layoffs/profits -amazon investors