Amazon has always been more like breakeven than profitable. The difference with Amazon is that they would make a core business profitable and then use the free

Amazon has always been more like breakeven than profitable. The difference with Amazon is that they would make a core business profitable and then use the free cash flow to invest in adjacent businesses. Users core business is not profitable yet. Books->general merchandise->3p marketplace->prime->AWS->??? Where ??? Will probably be one of logistics, Alexa, or Whole Foods/Go/Fresh.