There was/is a Home Depot and an Ikea equidistant from every Seattle amzn location. Bezos just though the door desk was "cool", and didn't both to cost compare with Ikea till after many of the door desks had been built. They were undoubtedly stronger than the Ikea equivalent, but that is unlikely to ever have been an issue.
Agreed on the strength. I used to get annoyed with friends lambasting ikea furniture as not as strong as some custom built options. Nevermind they were strong enough for what they were designed for.
Hilarious that cool factor won him over years ago. Not even a dig at him, really. Yet more evidence that we can all fall for that.
