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Powered by Twilio: https://twitter.com/jeffiel/status/912775401084035072 https://twitter.com/jeffiel/status/912775401084035072

• sjtgraham 9y ago
  "helping to power"
  • yalph 9y ago
    Can someone provide clarity on this pls?
    • gozmike 9y ago
      It sounds like this was tweeted to quiet the peanut gallery. Over the last year, I've been exposed to a lot of the nitty gritty of the SMS and carrier world and I was surprised to learn how at scale competition for SMS volume is insane and extremely complex aggregators and the commercial arrangements seemingly incestuous. The cost savings of easy integration and the appeal of a strong developer ecosystem are less and less attractive as the volume of SMS being managed make the marginal cost savings of going with a direct relationship with Amdocs, Syniverse etc....
    • WisNorCan 9y ago
      Twilio's stock started dropping [1] with this announcement. Jeff Lawson wants to protect his stock price and restless employees (I am sure there is an internal email forthcoming as well). The worst (possibly realistic) reading of "Helping to power" is that Twilio confirmed that they are just one of many companies that are powering this solution for Amazon. The implication is that Amazon will keep playing these companies against each other to drive down rates. [1] https://finance.google.com/finance?q=NYSE:TWLO https://finance.google.com/finance?q=NYSE:TWLO
  • Dylan16807 9y ago
    You confused me for a second, because you're swapping the subject and object with your quote. AWS Pinpoint powered by Twilio -> Twilio helping to power AWS Pinpoint Not my initial interpretation of "AWS Pinpoint helping to power Twilio"
• tylerappeared 9y ago
  The quote is: "Excited that @twilio is now helping to power engagement on @AWS Pinpoint" That makes it unclear to me if Twilio is a consumer or a dependency of AWS Pinpoint.
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