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Warren Buffett dumps $1.7B of Amazon stock

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Post by Maro »

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…

I'm a big fan of Amazon (UAE), in the sense that I buy stuff from Amazon almost every week. Having said that, in the last year or so, I found myself returning items more and more often. I get books damaged in shipping, wrong color items, wrong size shoes, empty boxes without the actual item, all sorts of weird failure modes. Marketplace sellers are definitely a big factor. As a response, lately I find myself thinking defensively when ordering from Amazon, like "what can go wrong", and pondering whether I should go out and find this in a store, buy from the brand's online store, get it off Ebay, etc.

Re: Warren Buffett dumps $1.7B of Amazon stock

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Post by meyum33 »

semiquaver wrote: post #15

Berkshire Hathaway has my favorite website (or, WEB page, as they style it) of any big company: https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/

My first visit to the Berkshire Hathaway website a few years ago literally changed my life. I was immediately attracted. I went to search Buffett and went down the rabbit hole of shareholder meetings clips and value investing and index investing. I am so much richer mentally and financially now thanks to the random visit to this website.

Re: Warren Buffett dumps $1.7B of Amazon stock

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Post by ethbr1 »

1659447091 wrote: post #165
burnt-resistor wrote: post #148

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I want the blinking fuchsia marque in H1 italic Comic Sans on a yellow starry night animated GIF background.

with embedded MIDI sound effects and looping background music

Click next for the next site in our webring!

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Post by nozzlegear »

DANmode wrote: post #106
scottious wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I half expected to see an "under construction" gif and a "powered by GeoCities" tag at the bottom

Why? This doesn’t give the vibes of an amateur personal site - it’s a timeless business site.

Not sure I agree with "timeless." This site is like opening a time capsule.

Re: Warren Buffett dumps $1.7B of Amazon stock

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Post by xnx »

semiquaver wrote: post #15

Berkshire Hathaway has my favorite website (or, WEB page, as they style it) of any big company: https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/

99/100 Lighthouse performance score.

Good reminder that every web page starts off fast by default and is only made slow by designers and frameworks.

Re: Warren Buffett dumps $1.7B of Amazon stock

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Post by nozzlegear »

evmaki wrote: post #5
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…

> My Echo, that I use solely to voice activating lights and switches, is now an ad machine I've been wondering if it is even possible for a publicly-traded company to deliver a voice assistant product without these incentives involved. I have to imagine the UX of these devices would be much different if they were built by a private company without the same market pressures. It would need to be self-contained and loca…

> I've been wondering if it is even possible for a publicly-traded company to deliver a voice assistant product without these incentives involved. I have to imagine the UX of these devices would be much different if they were built by a private company without the same market pressures.

Apple's HomePods have never had ads and don't require a subscription/data collection to control home devices.

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Post by nozzlegear »

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.

Bizarre comparison

Re: Warren Buffett dumps $1.7B of Amazon stock

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Post by utdoctor »

nozzlegear wrote: post #177
evmaki wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> My Echo, that I use solely to voice activating lights and switches, is now an ad machine I've been wondering if it is even possible for a publicly-traded company to deliver a voice assistant product without these incentives involved. I have to imagine the UX of these devices would be much different if they were built by a private company without the same market pressures. It would need to be self-contained and loca…

> I've been wondering if it is even possible for a publicly-traded company to deliver a voice assistant product without these incentives involved. I have to imagine the UX of these devices would be much different if they were built by a private company without the same market pressures. Apple's HomePods have never had ads and don't require a subscription/data collection to control home devices.

But you have to interface with the software delight known as Siri
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