Re:FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power
by arielcostas on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @02:50PM
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No, but it still is part of Amazon. In fact, as others have commented, AWS helps subsidise parts of the Amazon store that would otherwise result in losses.
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Re:FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power
by taeric on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @02:56PM
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But how is it at all relevant to this story? And if it is a vital point, why not get mentioned by the FTC?
I don't think there is nothing at all there. However, most of the criticisms you will see in the wild about how AWS pays for retail are almost certainly from ignorance of how retail had to literally seed AWS.
And don't take my criticism of that point as some sort of promotion of Amazon. I can be critical of the complaints without having to worship them.