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Re:Amazon met with startups about investing, then launched c... by ctvo on Thursday July 23, 2020 @06:58PM (#23933699)
A single comment from a throwaway account with no evidence but confirms my personal bias that Amazon is evil? I'm fully bought in before I catch myself.

The economic and reputation cost Amazon would take in ever accessing customer data to come up with some competing B-list product (say ElasticSearch as a managed service) is astronomical compared to potential profits. One thing I know about that company... they care about optimizing profit and are long term focused.

Please provide evidence for your extraordinary claim.

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Re:Amazon met with startups about investing, then launched c... by wolco on Thursday July 23, 2020 @07:09PM (#23933806)
Whenever anyone asks for evidence I start to wonder why they need the proof. Why did you need this link? Do you have a business relationship with Amazon?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wsj.com/amp/articles/amazon...

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Re:Amazon met with startups about investing, then launched c... by namdnay on Friday July 24, 2020 @03:48AM (#23936823)
That's talking about Amazon Retail, not AWS

The customer data on Amazon Retail is Amazon's, not the seller's , just like the customer data when you buy shampoo from Walmart is Walmart's, not Procter&Gamble's

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Re:Amazon met with startups about investing, then launched c... by Aperocky on Thursday July 23, 2020 @09:11PM (#23934607)
> Whenever anyone asks for evidence I start to wonder why they need the proof.

1. This article is behind paywall, but thanks for posting.

2. EVERYONE should ask for evidence for any/all unsubstantiated claims, no matter where on the opinion spectrum they sit.

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Re:Amazon met with startups about investing, then launched c... by wolco on Friday July 24, 2020 @12:41AM (#23935797)
I'd like to ask for evidence for statement 2. This sounds more like your opinion than a substantiated claim.

1. Someone needs to pay the people who write stories. If proof is important you should not object to contributing to the people who work on your behalf.

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