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How Amazon transformed the EU into a planned economy (pluralistic.net)

submitted 2 years ago by althea_vestrid@lemmy.world to c/europa@lemmy.world

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[–] Pekka 6 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Amazon really replaces so many webshops in many countries. And after taking over the webshop market, they start copying products that sell well on the platform.

I'm so happy that here in the Netherlands, they still are a small player that has to compete with the other stores. And in the cloud market we at least have Azure, Google Cloud, IBM Cloud and some other that really compete with them. Even in the tech sector, we see more and more companies just reselling services provided by Amazon (but with added value, by making it easier to use them).

[–] fne8w2ah@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I’m so happy that here in the Netherlands, they still are a small player that has to compete with the other stores.

bol.com and coolblue i'm presuming?

[–] Pekka 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes, Bol.com was in 2022 still 4x as large as Amazon based on the Twinkle100. Also Zalando is still close to Amazon.

[–] fne8w2ah@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

And I've just remembered belsimpel.nl / Gomibo Group as well. They are one-stop webshop for smartphones, tablets and mobile accessories, and in Germany and the Netherlands you can also take out postpaid contracts (+ apply bundling discounts) straight from belsimpel/Gomibo. IIRC they are also one of the few official distributors of Oneplus devices in Europe.

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