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Ask HN: What Weaknesses Does Amazon Have?

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Re: Ask HN: What Weaknesses Does Amazon Have?

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The same weaknesses that come up when you make any David/Goliath comparison. They are big, and slow to react, so you can hit them with speed and agility. Think early 90's when MicroSoft was slow to move to the web while tiny startups ate their lunch. Amazon will be hesitant to make major changes because they don't want to kill the goose that lays the golden egg.

Re: Ask HN: What Weaknesses Does Amazon Have?

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The same weaknesses that come up when you make any David/Goliath comparison. They are big, and slow to react, so you can hit them with speed and agility. Think early 90's when MicroSoft was slow to move to the web while tiny startups ate their lunch. Amazon will be hesitant to make major changes because they don't want to kill the goose that lays the golden egg.

How about something specific to Amazon?

Obviously those are all good, re David/Goliath. But in my experience investors dont think along those lines as much.

Re: Ask HN: What Weaknesses Does Amazon Have?

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The same weaknesses that come up when you make any David/Goliath comparison. They are big, and slow to react, so you can hit them with speed and agility. Think early 90's when MicroSoft was slow to move to the web while tiny startups ate their lunch. Amazon will be hesitant to make major changes because they don't want to kill the goose that lays the golden egg.

How about something specific to Amazon? Obviously those are all good, re David/Goliath. But in my experience investors dont think along those lines as much.

You can hit Amazon with niche categories. For example they have shoes and clothing, but there is no "Amazon for nurses scrubs or school uniforms" or other niche categories. They also do not serve many countries (e.g. Philippines). A startup that served these needs would not have Amazon as a competitor at all.

Re: Ask HN: What Weaknesses Does Amazon Have?

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No dark mode on their ecommerce website, or in the AWS console. Seems like a critical weakness.

Sorry what is "dark mode" and why is this important?

They're referring to a (default?) dark color scheme on the web products, to make it better on the eye with better contrast.

Re: Ask HN: What Weaknesses Does Amazon Have?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sorry what is "dark mode" and why is this important?

They're referring to a (default?) dark color scheme on the web products, to make it better on the eye with better contrast.

Not really what I'm asking but OK... I doubt a lacking of a color scheme is going to add much to your competitive analysis.

Re: Ask HN: What Weaknesses Does Amazon Have?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

They're referring to a (default?) dark color scheme on the web products, to make it better on the eye with better contrast.

Not really what I'm asking but OK... I doubt a lacking of a color scheme is going to add much to your competitive analysis.

Of course you doubt it Jeff, that’s why you don’t see it coming.
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