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Originally Posted by Timboli
I don't see it as principles and I certainly have my own.
As with everything, I try to apply logic & reason.
And like many I do not like Amazon, and while I might consider the leadership bad or evil, there would be a lot of Amazon employees, the greater majority, that aren't. Likewise for most of the vendors who provide via Amazon.
In fact, Amazon may be the only outlet (store front) for many vendors.
Do you see yourself as bad or evil or all of us other customers, who purchase or purchased from Amazon?
Here's an example of what I had to do a few years ago, back when I bought our first Kobo devices, for my wife and I. We bought those devices locally in a physical store. As with all such devices, they need decent protection, especially from impacts.
The sort of decent cover I had in mind, was only available via online and through Amazon.
I wasn't prepared to compromise on the protection, but I was prepared to compromise on purchasing from Amazon, which I admit was pretty rare for me, ebooks aside.
And that in the end is what it is really about ... compromise. With most stuff in life you often have to do some kind of compromising.
It is whether you go beyond that, is where I see principles and ethics and morals become factors.
Alas we live in a dog eat dog world, and decisions can often be tough to make.
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No need for the 'mental gymnastics' as someone else said (I like that phrase
) You do not need to justify to me (or anyone else) why you purchase from Amazon, plenty of people do and it's none of my business (or concern) if you do.
My posts are simply stating why I won't (and pointing out as just a general aside for everyone that there are alternatives to Amazon for most things but maybe not all) just because I won't use Amazon anymore doesn't mean no one else should, equally just because you choose to use Amazon doesn't mean everyone else has to, choose whats best for you
