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minus-squareBroken@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 hours agoThis just happened to me. I purchased shoes and they shipped via Amazon even though I didn’t buy them there. I think that’s part of what people don’t understand. Amazon isn’t a website that sells stuff, they are a dozen infrastructure based industries. Shut down their website and they still have the logistics to fulfill for the sites you shop on and their servers are probably hosting them too.
This just happened to me. I purchased shoes and they shipped via Amazon even though I didn’t buy them there.
I think that’s part of what people don’t understand. Amazon isn’t a website that sells stuff, they are a dozen infrastructure based industries.
Shut down their website and they still have the logistics to fulfill for the sites you shop on and their servers are probably hosting them too.