LincolnsDogFido

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[–] LincolnsDogFido@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

57.4228475, -113.8340952

[–] LincolnsDogFido@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Your job sounds really cool! How likely is Alberta to be on fire again this year?

[–] LincolnsDogFido@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's what's crazy to me, they survived the dot com crash and were so diversified that I have no idea how they stayed afloat. I would think that all of the combined expenses across all of their ventures without a true cash cow would sink them. Instead they survived and became the trash heap of consumer rights violations that they are.

[–] LincolnsDogFido@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

You can't really compare online book retailer Amazon to global online marketplace Amazon. Your underlying point is still mostly correct, but I would exclude the years that they were primarily focused on books. From my lived memory they didn't really become the online retail juggernaut until a few years after the launch of Prime. Free shipping turned them into what it is today. So maybe the best comparison would be from like 2006-2016? Or maybe I'm wrong and the distinction isn't necessary. Idk. I'm just trying to foster conversation