Amazon is anti-competitive. Microsoft used the same pattern of Embrace, Extend, Extinguish- and MS was judged by a US court to have engaged in illegal anti-comp

Amazon is anti-competitive. Microsoft used the same pattern of Embrace, Extend, Extinguish- and MS was judged by a US court to have engaged in illegal anti-competitive behavior. Arguing that this is about "founders" or that "offering it to your customers for free" is okay just ignores the context of the situation. MS offered lots of things for free or at reduced prices because it could afford to. Amazon is exploiting the work of many people and using its dominance to interfere with healthy competition. This is not to say that Elasticsearch is great or had the right response, but it is to say that the effects of Amazon will be and are harmful to the open source movement. I do not see easy answers to how fix this, but I think recognizing this as a threat is important.