speaking of alternatives, what brand do people hate that actually has a decent alternative?

ki77erb, 1 year ago

iPhones. Love my Pixel and I don’t care how much my co-workers bitch about bubble colors.

Alpagu, 1 year ago

WhatsApp for me. I hate it but in my country all people use it.

WheelcharArtist, 1 year ago

then just don’t use it…

applejacks, 1 year ago

“just don’t talk to your friends, bro”

Strae, 1 year ago

Amazon, sort of. It absolutely cannot be beat for convenience. Ordering something in 15 seconds, then having it shipped within 48 hours is unmatchable.

But if you plan ahead, and aren’t an impulse buyer, you can find alternatives with better products and similar prices. Most stuff on Amazon is absolute junk with clickfarm reviews.

Ironically Reddit was really good for finding niche websites for whichever product you were looking for. Hopefully Lemmy will reach that point eventually.

DubiousInterests, 1 year ago

AliExpress is the alternate for Amazon if you can wait a month to get your crap. All the products are exactly the same except £2 instead of £20.

I wouldn’t buy any electronics from AliExpress though.

erogenouswarzone, 1 year ago

Every order I’ve ever made on Ali:

1. Me: Place order
2. Ali: it will be there in a month
3. A few weeks later, Ali: Your order was cancelled.
4. Back to Amazon

But if someone makes a version of Ali that works in the states, Amazon’s online store is already a dinosaur and can easily be dominated.

Smokeless7048, 1 year ago

really?

Ive ordered probobly 100 things from Ali. Takes a while to arrive, but only had a couple items disappear in shipping, and never had them not at least ship.