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Amazon Takes Fresh Stab at $16B Housekeeping Industry

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Re: Amazon Takes Fresh Stab at $16B Housekeeping Industry

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Post by castis »

mseebach wrote: post #21
2_listerine_pls wrote: post #12

Amazon and Google will end up being the middle men for everything. You simply can't compete with a company that has all the data, all the money, the best engineers, the patents, etc... Once they like your business model, you are out of business. This is happening at an increasingly faster pase. There will be an Amazon AirBnB, and Amazon Uber, Amazon Food, Amazon Freight, etc... the future of free markets is not free.…

> Amazon and Google A couple of weeks ago, your list would have included Facebook. The future is a lot less deterministic than you think.

Yes, but does this make OPs forecast any less possible?

Re: Amazon Takes Fresh Stab at $16B Housekeeping Industry

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Post by kakarot »

mseebach wrote: post #21
2_listerine_pls wrote: post #12

Amazon and Google will end up being the middle men for everything. You simply can't compete with a company that has all the data, all the money, the best engineers, the patents, etc... Once they like your business model, you are out of business. This is happening at an increasingly faster pase. There will be an Amazon AirBnB, and Amazon Uber, Amazon Food, Amazon Freight, etc... the future of free markets is not free.…

> Amazon and Google A couple of weeks ago, your list would have included Facebook. The future is a lot less deterministic than you think.

The future is a lot less deterministic than you think.

Unless our current understanding of physics is completely wrong, the future is entirely deterministic.

I think you mean to use the word predictable, which insinuates that we don't have enough information to accurately model the future.

Re: Amazon Takes Fresh Stab at $16B Housekeeping Industry

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Post by rubidium »

2_listerine_pls wrote: post #12

Amazon and Google will end up being the middle men for everything. You simply can't compete with a company that has all the data, all the money, the best engineers, the patents, etc... Once they like your business model, you are out of business. This is happening at an increasingly faster pase. There will be an Amazon AirBnB, and Amazon Uber, Amazon Food, Amazon Freight, etc... the future of free markets is not free.…

The railroad barons are going to be the middleman for everything. They have all the best engineers and control all the suppliers.

Re: Amazon Takes Fresh Stab at $16B Housekeeping Industry

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Post by andmarios »

dominotw wrote: post #22
andmarios wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This would be an interesting case for a GDPR request.

mere curiosity is enough for such a request it needs "legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you" see 22[1] https://gdpr-info.eu/art-22-gdpr/

I think it is a common social practice to disclose a pregnancy at the time of your choosing rather than amazon's.

A premature disclosure can significantly affect you.

Re: Amazon Takes Fresh Stab at $16B Housekeeping Industry

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Post by 2_listerine_pls »

fwgwgwgch wrote: post #28
2_listerine_pls wrote: post #12

Amazon and Google will end up being the middle men for everything. You simply can't compete with a company that has all the data, all the money, the best engineers, the patents, etc... Once they like your business model, you are out of business. This is happening at an increasingly faster pase. There will be an Amazon AirBnB, and Amazon Uber, Amazon Food, Amazon Freight, etc... the future of free markets is not free.…

> the best engineers You're living in a bubble. Lots of companies have better engineers on an average.

I am not sure about that, but what I meant is that they can afford to hire the best in their field.

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Post by neogodless »

chillydawg wrote: post #20
neogodless wrote: post #6

I'm in the weird position where, we are family planning, but (to our knowledge) unsuccessful, but started getting a series of emails from Amazon congratulating us and offering up suggestions like vitamins, baby registry and, of course, housecleaning services w/ discounts available. (The first email was, to put it lightly, premature. Now we got one that says "week one", and it could be right, or not. We don't know yet…

Have you been shagging in a room with an Alexa?

That's actually a good idea. I mean, it's a terrible idea, but certainly one way they could do this. But, alas, no. We don't own an Alexa speaker, though we do own a Fire HD. That, however, isn't allowed in the shagging room.

Re: Amazon Takes Fresh Stab at $16B Housekeeping Industry

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Post by neogodless »

RandallBrown wrote: post #14
neogodless wrote: post #6

I'm in the weird position where, we are family planning, but (to our knowledge) unsuccessful, but started getting a series of emails from Amazon congratulating us and offering up suggestions like vitamins, baby registry and, of course, housecleaning services w/ discounts available. (The first email was, to put it lightly, premature. Now we got one that says "week one", and it could be right, or not. We don't know yet…

Amazon probably sees your browsing history from embedded affiliate ads on the websites you’re visiting.

I can only assume. It's annoying that I can't (trivially) block that level of information gathering. I use AdBlock and I disable 3rd party cookies. I personally don't think I've looked up anything that would "tip my hand", but I'm sure my wife has used my computer/browser enough that things she researches have leaked into the corporate overlord databases.

Re: Amazon Takes Fresh Stab at $16B Housekeeping Industry

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Post by CPLX »

rubidium wrote: post #33
2_listerine_pls wrote: post #12

Amazon and Google will end up being the middle men for everything. You simply can't compete with a company that has all the data, all the money, the best engineers, the patents, etc... Once they like your business model, you are out of business. This is happening at an increasingly faster pase. There will be an Amazon AirBnB, and Amazon Uber, Amazon Food, Amazon Freight, etc... the future of free markets is not free.…

The railroad barons are going to be the middleman for everything. They have all the best engineers and control all the suppliers.

They were for a while there, and it took legislation to fix it, it didn't just magically get better.

Re: Amazon Takes Fresh Stab at $16B Housekeeping Industry

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Post by CPLX »

kakarot wrote: post #32
mseebach wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Amazon and Google A couple of weeks ago, your list would have included Facebook. The future is a lot less deterministic than you think.

The future is a lot less deterministic than you think. Unless our current understanding of physics is completely wrong, the future is entirely deterministic. I think you mean to use the word predictable , which insinuates that we don't have enough information to accurately model the future.

I believe Mr. Heisenberg would like to have a word with you.
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