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Amazon are like pre-lawsuit Microsoft and pre-decree IBM: you exist on their platform until you make enough money that they decide that your profit margin is th
by rodgerd 8y ago
Amazon are like pre-lawsuit Microsoft and pre-decree IBM: you exist on their platform until you make enough money that they decide that your profit margin is their business opportunity.
- Godel_unicode 8y agoI'm always interested in the selection bias here; Amazon et al do this to plenty of companies that are not using their platform as well. It would be more accurate to say that being an AWS vendor doesn't provide you with added protection from them competing with you.
- mrkstu 8y agoNo, you are also directly providing them with metrics if you use their platform- whereas Azure/Google aren't going to turn around and start selling a competing widget if you use their infrastructure.