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Re:Why Dropbox decided to build its own infrastructure and n... by mulmen on Friday September 15, 2017 @10:14PM (#15262428)
I hear this line of thinking a lot but I don't really buy it.

You could just as easily say it's amazing that Amazon allows a competitor like Netflix to run on it's platform. The reality is that relationship is more complex than that.

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Re:Why Dropbox decided to build its own infrastructure and n... by kinkrtyavimoodh on Friday September 15, 2017 @11:52PM (#15262759)
Netflix is going to exist regardless of whether Amazon lets them run on AWS.

Amazon letting them run on AWS is brilliant as they get a piece of Netflix's pie. So even if Netflix beats Amazon Prime, Amazon gets to dip into their pot via revenues from AWS. It's a great hedging of bets.

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Re:Why Dropbox decided to build its own infrastructure and n... by peanutgallery27 on Saturday September 16, 2017 @04:52AM (#15263672)
They're totally separate businesses. The people that treat Netflix like their customer aren't the same people making strategic decisions about Amazon Prime. Amazon is a ridiculously large company.
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Re:Why Dropbox decided to build its own infrastructure and n... by siculars on Saturday September 16, 2017 @09:37AM (#15264603)
They are not totally separate when the P&L roll up on the same spreadsheet.
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Re:Why Dropbox decided to build its own infrastructure and n... by user5994461 on Saturday September 16, 2017 @02:41PM (#15265975)
That depends on how the Amazon business is organized. It's possible that the P&L never join on the same spreadsheet.
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Re:Why Dropbox decided to build its own infrastructure and n... by ryacko on Saturday September 16, 2017 @02:24AM (#15263229)
The really amazing thing is that Nestle licensing production of Kit Kats to Hershey.
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Re:Why Dropbox decided to build its own infrastructure and n... by dec0dedab0de on Saturday September 16, 2017 @08:01AM (#15264230)
I think that deal was done before nestle bought kitkat. Kind of like spiderman movies being with sony instead of disney
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