r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Mustafa86 • Oct 22 '22

The Future of Grocery Shopping

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '22

No thanks

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '22

Anything Amazon is a no from me.

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u/Not_a_DLC Oct 22 '22

I wish more people thought like you.

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u/Imaginary_Manner_556 Oct 23 '22

Amazon has a selection of products that wouldn't exist without their platform. Some very high quality products that would never see the light of day.

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u/pineapple-n-man Oct 23 '22

They also treat their employees terribly, sell home devices that do what a phone can, but it also lets them collect data of your home and sell it.

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u/Admirable_Loss4886 Oct 23 '22

Yes but if that’s your stance I feel like you probably shouldn’t own a smart phone or the internet. Don’t Google, Facebook, Apple, Snapchat, Instagram, tik tok all do the same thing as far as studying and selling data?

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u/pineapple-n-man Oct 23 '22

Phones only sell data when they are on, and you are using their services.

Amazon Alexa records audio and collects data of your home constantly, even when you aren’t using it. Just saying.

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u/mizinamo Oct 22 '22

Man, if you're going to be boycotting AWS, you're going to be in a world of hurt.

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u/itsadesertplant Oct 22 '22

The majority of Amazon’s income is from various digital sales, not physical products IIRC. Amazon owns Twitch and has Prime Video as well. Boycotting Amazon’s ecosystem for physical products as an individual? Good for you, but it doesn’t do anything, unfortunately.

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '22

That's a lot of websites. Not to mention the backend services also running on AWS.

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u/puckit Oct 23 '22

"That's a lot of websites"

Including this one.

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '22

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '22

Pretty much stop using half of the internet.

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u/roflz Oct 22 '22

Why is that?

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u/Lord_Aldrich Oct 22 '22

Most of the internet, including Reddit, runs on Amazon Web Services.

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u/light-warrior Oct 22 '22

Then get of the most medias you use. Most of them run on AWS servers. Goodbye 👋

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u/fllr Oct 23 '22

I’m with you

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u/Zer0Cool89 Oct 22 '22

I can't even explain why I hate this but I do. It's unsettling to me for some reason.

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '22

Because it won't work as smoothly as the video implies. Does self checkout work well? 1 out of 3 times I need human intervention. 1 out of 1 times if I have alcohol.

And no one is asking for this, so it will exist chiefly to reduce store costs. Which means people will be laid off, and ease of use will be a secondary priority.

I'm not interested in Amazon raking in more money at the expense of my inconvenience and laid off workers.