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by brownbat 4249 days ago
> They make a product, they market the product on Amazon.com, they sell the product to Amazon.com customers, they get a false sense of success,

Also called "success."

You can make a business selling cheap crap with powerful marketing. It's not noble, but it's probably the norm.

Amazon just hasn't realized yet that it needs to stop competing with Apple and Google and start competing with SkyMall, As Seen on TV, and the dollar stores.

(Half joking. But only half.)