> How is Google even remotely comparable to Amazon??? If you're already scared of Google and Facebook this is an easy one: Amazon's growth will increasingly de

> How is Google even remotely comparable to Amazon??? If you're already scared of Google and Facebook this is an easy one: Amazon's growth will increasingly depend on advertising, and they will continue to grow. Pretty much everything they have done in the last couple years moves in this direction: a search page riddled with sponsored results, Echo (https://gizmodo.com/yes-your-amazon-echo-is-an-ad-machine-1821712916 https://gizmodo.com/yes-your-amazon-echo-is-an-ad-machine-18...), my new 30 dollar Fire tablet that always shows me ads, retargeting, etc. Amazon has Google-level information on its users, and will use it in ways that are simialrly invasive. I see a lot of people writing off Amazon because it's not as ubiquitous as Google in their lives. This is a mistake: their dominance will continue to grow. They have the best product strategy I've ever seen, and everything they are doing will move them in the direction of being a central part of everyone's lives (even non-Americans - when I was in India recently and I saw an Amazon billboard or bus ad every 5 minutes, even in smaller towns).