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Google Search Really Has Gotten Worse, Researchers Find (tech.slashdot.org)
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[–] 59 points 2 years ago (12 children)

Amazon's no longer any good at shipping, and Google's no longer any good at searching. What a terrible year to be a tech nerd.

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  • [–] 35 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    Amazon's not good at shipping?

    I don't like a lot of their business practices, but holy shit do they get stuff to my house fast and reliably. Most of the time, same or next day.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    Yeah same, they're absolutely unmatched, and by a huge margin. Faster, cheaper, and more consistently arriving both on time and undamaged.

    I hate them. They do however easily outperform the competition, that's sadly also something I have to acknowledge.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I think the key is not good at shipping compared to themselves in the past. Same with Google.

    They're still better than the alternatives, but they've gotten much worse in quality all around, and they squeezed out competitors years ago so there's no viable alternatives that aren't WAY worse.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    It's anecdotal, but for me they've been better than ever over the last year.

    Agreed about the competitor issue, although I don't recall any competitor who was even close or looked like on the path to become close.

    I tried ordering something from Newegg the other day just to avoid using Amazon. I didn't need it right away, but then saw ETA was 2 weeks. From Amazon it was next-day (so I could do the thing I wanted to do that weekend). Cancelled the Newegg order.

    I don't know how we get a viable competitor on that front, but damn, there is no one that seems close on the logistical front.

    I'm hoping some antitrust effort will lead to Amazon being forced to open up its warehouses/shipping to other retailers, I guess.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Nah last several times I ordered, I saw one date expected before I order. The next day the expected date changes and it takes a week to turn up. They've been trash for a while.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    That's the exact reason I discontinued prime. The shipping rarely was on time. I dropped prime and didn't notice a change in shipping time. They advertise to you in hopes you'll forget or something and I'm sure a fair amount of people do.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    That's because of their contracts with couriers which is undermining employee and road safety

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