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No one is on Lemmy because they like shitty corps so I need your help

I'm at a loss. Increasingly whenever I order New on eBay or wherever, the order gets fulfilled by Amazon.

When I complain to the site I bought it from they shrug.

I'm regularly paying more for items and still funding an undeniably awful company

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[–] Fermion@feddit.nl 1 points 10 months ago

Clearly that's much easier said than done.

However, this recent news feels very relevant.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/14/24038042/fedex-fdx-e-commerce-platform-amazon-rival-shoprunner

I don't know enough about FedEx culture to know if this is a good thing, but any serious competition is probably an improvement at this point.