(Continuation from yesterday)

Honestly, we are one of those households that strongly supports Amazon's monopoly.

- Most of our purchases, except for groceries, are made on Amazon

- Frequent use of the Amazon Prime service, which offers free shipping (excess packaging is improving these days)

- Most of the items I order can be returned (albeit formally, however, in principle) for any reason. Amazon owns the cost of returning the item.)

- When it comes to book purchases, I'm almost 100% dependent on Amazon. They are outpacing the e-book (Kindle version) by more than the paper book.

The Amazon Prime Video menu, a free service for Amazon Prime members, embraces. Many of the hottest movies are released for free, and much of the content is up at the same time as terrestrial content (these days, I tend to watch them on my PC rather than my TV).

- The use of Amazon Web Service (AWS) at work has become unavoidable.

These days, there are internet services like Amazon Lightsai and others that allow you to operate your personal Internet service for $500/month. They have enough performance and features to be used for business.

Conclusion: Without Amazon's services, the Ebata family's services (but only logistics, education, entertainment, and work) would not be possible.

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By the way, it's unfair to say that the Japanese government, which is supposed to be our country's largest service platformer, is losing ground to Amazon, which I mentioned yesterday.

Because the menu of services with our country's largest service platform, the Japanese government (*) -- named "Japazon" (named by Ebata) -- is enormous.

(*) In this context, it also includes local government services

Broadcasting, education, electricity, environmental protection, firefighting, city gas, health care (publicly funded health care, national health insurance, etc.), military, police, courts, libraries, transportation, housing, telecommunications, water... Anyway, It doesn't compare to Amazon.

However, unlike Amazon Prime (4,900 yen/year), Japazon's service fee is very high.

I calculated the other day that more than 1/3 of the Ebata family's income goes to "charges" -- also called "taxes" -- on Japazon.

In Japan, the people in charge of operating Japazon are elected by the users of the Japazon service (the people).

The policy development and monitoring of the operation of the Japazon service, as well as the cost of operating the service, is checked by an "auditing body" called the Parliament.

And this "elections" and "monitoring" cost an enormous amount of money, which is included in the bills (taxes).

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In other countries, the operation of the service is "entrusted to a specific person or entity to operate the service for an indefinite period of time" (usually without user consent).

Such a form of service operation is called "dictatorship".

For example, "a country in the northern half of the peninsula located in the north of Japan"... it's a hassle.

Directly stated. North Korea and China.

For both countries, "dictatorship" is not a bad word.

After all, both countries have an official "dictatorship" in their constitutions and other documents.

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What I'm trying to say is,

"As long as the "Japazon" service maximizes the user benefits (more precisely, the "Ebata family's" benefits), I don't care who the service provider is"

So, while I know that the Japazon service is very difficult to operate, I can't help but think the following.

"Can't the "Japazon" service get any closer to Amazon level of satisfaction?"