Yes they are. Back in the 1980s especially, there was much consternation over how malls were killing the classic American small towns. The mom and pop shops in particular.
Now many of us have similar consternation over how the Internet, and particularly Amazon, are killing those now iconic Americana shopping malls.
I find it sort of ironic.
My initial impression of malls was higher prices. It was Korvettes, Goldblatts, or Sears (stand alone stores, not in mall) were the places to find bargains.
I prefer shopping at eBay over Amazon because I like bidding on auction items, good way to find a bargain. I was a frequent golf club switcher during my 50 years of playing golf, thinking a better game was just round the corner, the newest golf clubs should do it haha. Must have bought 15 new iron sets, and sold all of them on eBay as used clubs very quickly. Also, I don’t like Bezos.