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Yeah, but most ecommerce operators have no incentive to use Amazon, because you are paying your competitor. There is a reason most grocery stores are shifting,

Yeah, but most ecommerce operators have no incentive to use Amazon, because you are paying your competitor. There is a reason most grocery stores are shifting, or have already shifted to, Google or Microsoft for their cloud infrastructure.

bb611 7y ago
It's a major issue with AWS across a bunch of sectors. I work at a large SaaS company transitioning to public cloud, the number of companies that contractually obligate us not to host on AWS is at least an order of magnitude higher than any other cloud provider.
blevo 7y ago
>paying the competitor it's a good point, yet many still use Amazon/AWS regardless. Netflix, for instance (AWS). Then, on the micro-scale: FBA[0] sellers (Amazon Marketplace). I assume it has to do with the ultra low barrier to entry which Amazon/AWS provides. The convenience factor is off the charts. Nevertheless, I assume Netflix has ideations of following in Dropbox's footsteps.[1] [0] "Fulfilled by Amazon" [1] abandoning AWS for self-owned dedicated infrastructure