On the other hand, it seems to be working out pretty well for Netflix.

On the other hand Apple competes hard against Samsung, yet relies heavily on Samsung to build a large part of it's competing products.

Although I admit that this might not be as true anymore as it was a few years ago.

Samsung is a much looser conglomerate than Amazon. Furthermore, their fab division is much larger than their handset division. I imagine all parties have weighed the pros and cons.

Apple continues to actively steer away from Samsung, anyway.

Probably because Apple has an army of lawyers to protect against any problems.

This.

Different leadership and largely different culture. Or are you just making assumptions?

Being on AWS works for Netflix, Disney+, and a lot of other streaming services I won't mention. ESPN and Fox Sports both use AWS. A lot of incredibly visible companies that offer cloud storage white-label S3. Tons of game studios use AWS.

A lot of successful companies are pretty stupid I guess. But I'm not going to spend my time trying to refute conspiracy theories about AWS. You do you boo-boo.

I suggest that your reply would be much better without the last paragraph.

hmmm, yes.

AWS profits appear in Amazon's annual report, AWS is an Amazon business unit. The CEO of AWS reports to the CEO of Amazon.

Interestingly enough Andy Jassy, who is taking over the reins from Bezos, is the CEO of AWS.

I was not aware of that, interesting indeed.