Amazon's New Phone Will Destroy Brick & Mortar Retail?
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Various people have been predicting the destruction of bricks and mortar retailing since, like, 1997. Hasn't happened. Won't happen.
I don't really understand how it works. He says if you like the noodles your mate has cooked for you, you can scan them and order them. How? The packaging would be in the bin and anyway, who buys noodles from Amazon?
I've used the barcode scanner in the Amazon app a bit, but with very limited success. A lot of products are unique to a particular stores so not available on Amazon. I order most of my food online direct from supermarkets. I don't understand people who like to spend their Saturday mornings pushing a trolley around an ugly warehouse and then loading it into the boot of your car when you can get someone else to do it for pretty much free. But more physical supermarkets appear to be opening, not less.
Ultimately, people like to go to window shopping.
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and a lot of brands cater to boutiques and will not, nor do they allow their vendors to sell online. brick and mortar is not as profitable as it once was, but it's not going anywhere. Local businesses have a charm that you just can't get online. Customer service, the touch/feel. Oh, and for folks on a budget, the "scan it" type apps have been around for years now and are great, but for folks who dont have to watch their wallet would rather have whatever it is they're buying NOW and not in 1-3 business days. My wife and her family have been in retail for 30+ years and aren't going anywhere
Adapt and Thrive
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High end audio, for example, is never available online.
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High end audio, for example, is never available online.
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The two main problems with internet ordering are:
- an inability to touch and feel the product before buying
- delivery - both the cost and the logistics
Some new feature on some new phone isn't going to solve those two problems and I don't see them ever being solved. I think Eli the Computer Guy lives on a different planet.
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A 2-hour video? That's on the TL;DW side.
Won't people need to buy the phone in quantities large enough to impact marketshare first?
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@alexntg Yeah, I had patience for 5 minutes I think, then I saw something shiny. And can't I do this a bit slower and clunkier with an Android?
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The problem with advertising led content, like Eli's site, is that you can't say "New Amazon phone may have slightly interesting marginal impact on certain markets, possibly", as that won't attract the hits. So you have to say "New Amazon phone is a game changer that will destroy bricks and mortar retailing and cause world peace". Which is just silly. But I still end up watching!
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@Carnival-Boy said:
But I still end up watching!
Not of all of it though! I managed about seven minutes.
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You should watch his video on how to build a lab for testing. Basically, you should avoid virtualisation because you'd need $10k for a SAN and instead should buy half a dozen laptops from flea markets and use those. Erm...interesting idea.
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@Carnival-Boy said:
You should watch his video on how to build a lab for testing. Basically, you should avoid virtualisation because you'd need $10k for a SAN and instead should buy half a dozen laptops from flea markets and use those. Erm...interesting idea.
Totally need a SAN for a single-host lab... not!
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@alexntg said:
A 2-hour video? That's on the TL;DW side.
Won't people need to buy the phone in quantities large enough to impact marketshare first?
It wasn't 2 hours dedicated only to the phone, that was covered in the first 20 minutes IIRC.
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@Carnival-Boy said:
You should watch his video on how to build a lab for testing. Basically, you should avoid virtualisation because you'd need $10k for a SAN and instead should buy half a dozen laptops from flea markets and use those. Erm...interesting idea.
Yeah some of his videos make no sense of all. He does have some good content from time to time but sometimes it can be a little puffy.
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@alexntg said:
@Carnival-Boy said:
You should watch his video on how to build a lab for testing. Basically, you should avoid virtualisation because you'd need $10k for a SAN and instead should buy half a dozen laptops from flea markets and use those. Erm...interesting idea.
Totally need a SAN for a single-host lab... not!
Fail
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@Bill-Kindle said:
@Carnival-Boy said:
You should watch his video on how to build a lab for testing. Basically, you should avoid virtualisation because you'd need $10k for a SAN and instead should buy half a dozen laptops from flea markets and use those. Erm...interesting idea.
Yeah some of his videos make no sense of all. He does have some good content from time to time but sometimes it can be a little puffy.
SW advertises with him.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Bill-Kindle said:
@Carnival-Boy said:
You should watch his video on how to build a lab for testing. Basically, you should avoid virtualisation because you'd need $10k for a SAN and instead should buy half a dozen laptops from flea markets and use those. Erm...interesting idea.
Yeah some of his videos make no sense of all. He does have some good content from time to time but sometimes it can be a little puffy.
SW advertises with him.
I had been watching his commentary before it was cool
