Warren Buffett dumps $1.7B of Amazon stock

Post by projektfu » Wed, Feb 18, 2026, 8:04 PM UTC

GorbachevyChase wrote: post #87

xvxvx wrote: post #2

Maybe the novelty of Amazon has worn off. I occasionally purchase from their UK site, and it’s filled with tricks to get me to sign up for Prime upon checkout. Really horrible workflow and design decisions, cheapening the experience. I now see similar changes to the US version: ‘you saved $15 in shipping by being a Prime member with this purchase’ and ‘last year you made 211 sustainable product purchases’. Guys, quit…

Amazon is Walmart for progressives.

Post by antonchekhov » Wed, Feb 18, 2026, 8:06 PM UTC

bau5 wrote: post #66

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Post by KittenInABox » Wed, Feb 18, 2026, 8:06 PM UTC

evanjacobs wrote: post #50

legitster wrote: post #23

Amazon's core business does not make sense. Despite being so massive, their retail operation makes almost no money. There is little market share left for them to win, the best they can do to grow is shave expenses. AWS has been their real money maker, but also the explosion of AI and server farms has worked against them in threes ways: there is much more competition on infrastructure, the costs to run infrastructure…

> There is little market share left for them to win Despite controlling about 40% of US online retail, Amazon only has about an 8% share of total US retail. There’s still plenty of room to grow here. https://www.emarketer.com/content/amazon-will-surpass-40-of-...

Post by zerotolerance » Wed, Feb 18, 2026, 8:09 PM UTC

xvxvx wrote: post #2

Maybe the novelty of Amazon has worn off. I occasionally purchase from their UK site, and it’s filled with tricks to get me to sign up for Prime upon checkout. Really horrible workflow and design decisions, cheapening the experience. I now see similar changes to the US version: ‘you saved $15 in shipping by being a Prime member with this purchase’ and ‘last year you made 211 sustainable product purchases’. Guys, quit…

Post by iririririr » Wed, Feb 18, 2026, 8:10 PM UTC

never_inline wrote: post #80

xvxvx wrote: post #2

Maybe the novelty of Amazon has worn off. I occasionally purchase from their UK site, and it’s filled with tricks to get me to sign up for Prime upon checkout. Really horrible workflow and design decisions, cheapening the experience. I now see similar changes to the US version: ‘you saved $15 in shipping by being a Prime member with this purchase’ and ‘last year you made 211 sustainable product purchases’. Guys, quit…

Amazon has been quite useful for me as a single bachelor living in an Indian metropolitan city. 1. I get very useful items at very good prices, many of which I would have to wander the city for hours to find, or couldnt find at all: - Eg: I got a pair of adjustable dumbbells at 2. Amazon Fresh is usually cheaper for groceries and maintain consistent quality compared to local supermarkets. I will also avoid the need t…