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Amazon Replacement? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago by LazerDickMcCheese@sh.itjust.works to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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Is it possible to one day replace the privacy nightmare of Amazon with a decentralized merchant network? All I really use Amazon for these day is aggregate customer reviews by query, then buy the items as direct as possible. Why can't respectable tools to this instead? I understand the cost, but could the tech be adopted?

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[–] LazerDickMcCheese@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Damn, that's a good point. I have no technical coding experience or knowledge (so no one should take what I'm about to say seriously), but I was picturing a lot of scripting pulling information across the web from selected vendors. Maybe that could prevent something like that? Or maybe I'm just making myself sound naive and stupid?