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Amazon is a trillion dollar company. They did not have to make any decision.

• rukittenme 8y ago
  Amazon is valued at $1 trillion but Amazon does not have $1 trillion. Amazon's total assets are only about $131 billion. $20 billion of that is cash.
  • mmt 8y ago
    Moreover, it stands to reason that much of that excess (beyond assets) value is predicated on their unit economics, which depend on fulfillment costs, remaining good.
  • jagger27 8y ago
    > only
    • rukittenme 8y ago
      "Only" as in an order of magnitude less than originally estimated.
  • s73v3r_ 8y ago
    So they have plenty of money not to have to choose.