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So in this world where every retailer does this I get to install N apps, re-enter my payment/shipping information N times, deal with N different return processes, update my credit card info N times when it changes, and have N questionably written systems know all my PII?

I honestly much prefer shopping on the Nike app over Amazon, but I'm going to go to Amazon to buy whatever I found on that app.

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Why do you need an app to purchase a pair of shoes? Nike has a perfectly functional web store.

Isn't this what the internet was like before Amazon and largely the reason that everyone had a paypal account which would prevent having to maintain payment accounts at every retailer?

If PayPal wasn’t such a crap company they’d be the perfect solution for this problem. Just enter your payment and shipping info once and get one click checkout on any site.

I'm curious. What do you not like about PayPal? It seems to be working well for me.

You can still buy Nike from Amazon just like you could have done before Nike started selling to Amazon.

There's lots of sellers who buy from Nike outlet stores and resell it on Amazon.

It's impossible to know whether you're getting counterfeit stuff from a reseller.

If you strongly need 100% guarantee of authenticity instead of 99.9%, then yes, go ahead and pay more to buy directly from the company.

Of course, many companies add returns back to inventory, and some customers commit return fraud.

I assume you don't buy from Walmart, in case someone resold them counterfeit products?

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