Re:Toyota CEO talks about why he isn’t all-in on EVs
by maxerickson on Sunday October 02, 2022 @09:41PM
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Yeah, they sold books, I didn't say they didn't. The couple paragraphs above the one you link talk about Bezos wanting to participate in the internet business boom and then the ones you link talk about commerce.
Selling books was never the ambition, it was only the path.
Re:Toyota CEO talks about why he isn’t all-in on EVs
by pstuart on Sunday October 02, 2022 @09:09PM
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That was their MVP of retail. IIRC, they never hid their ambitions to expand their market.
Re:Toyota CEO talks about why he isn’t all-in on EVs
by 8note on Sunday October 02, 2022 @09:13PM
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I'm not sure what your point is? They still sold books and only books at the time
Re:Toyota CEO talks about why he isn’t all-in on EVs
by pstuart on Monday October 03, 2022 @10:35AM
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Yes they only sold books at that point because it was the easiest thing for them to sell (thus the MVP). IIRC they did not hide their ambition to go beyond that.
Re:Toyota CEO talks about why he isn’t all-in on EVs
by maxerickson on Sunday October 02, 2022 @09:38PM
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The point is that doesn't make them a bookseller!
Re:Toyota CEO talks about why he isn’t all-in on EVs
by recursive on Monday October 03, 2022 @12:21AM
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That's literally the definition. It kind of does.
Re:Toyota CEO talks about why he isn’t all-in on EVs
by CamperBob2 on Sunday October 02, 2022 @10:59PM
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Time to stop digging.
Re:Toyota CEO talks about why he isn’t all-in on EVs
by maxerickson on Sunday October 02, 2022 @11:00PM
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Not my internet points!
I remember it differently. Also, actual history is different too.
> Bezos finally decided that his new business would sell books online, because of the large worldwide demand for literature, the low unit price for books, and the huge number of titles available in print.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Amazon#Online_books...