I absolutely agree that local shops closing is a bad thing, but for a lot of niche goods companies like Amazon are a good thing. Delivery by one vehicle is far more efficient than everyone driving their own vehicle to whatever niche shop has your stuff. Don't get me wrong, Amazon is 100% a big evil corporation with huge problems... but the fact that they deliver goods to your house is not the problem lol. Doubly so since you can designate a day for them to deliver and just be in on that day!

[–] MrLuemasG@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Recently needed to buy a KVM switch to swap between my work computer and my personal computer on the same monitor. Not a single brick and mortar store in my entire area stocked them.

[–] BluesF@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago

That's exactly the kind of niche goods that it makes sense to stock primarily in warehouses and ship out by post. Most people don't even know what a KVM switch is lol, I didn't when I first read this and I own one!

[–] oatscoop@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

Niche shops are great, but fuck Amazon. The majority of what they sell is available directly from the companies that supply them.