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however amazon is not really a tech-first company, their main business is retail (even if a lot of their revenue comes from AWS).
by naringas 6y ago
however amazon is not really a tech-first company, their main business is retail (even if a lot of their revenue comes from AWS).
- greenshackle2 6y agoRetail is the lion share of revenue but AWS is over half of profits last I checked.
- 98codes 6y agoQuite the other way, they're a cloud company with a gift shop.
- cafed00d 6y agoI would say Amazon’s main business is commerce. They want to be involved everywhere people are buying/selling things. AWS & Amazon.com are coincidences of them starting up around the same time as the internet. Before long, they’ll own the entire feature for “oh, I need to buy cereal. Alexa buy me cereal. Ok, done. <few mins later>. I’m passing by the Amazon Go store on way home, Alexa. Can I return these shoes I bought last week and pick up my cereal there. Sure.”
- codegladiator 6y agoplease stop with this meme ? meme is not tech first for whatever definitions of /tech first/ you have.
- runawaybottle 6y agoTech first: Your main product is technology.
- 8note 6y agoBut then google is not a tech company either? Their main product is advertisements.
- patmorgan23 6y agoRetail is Amazons biggest revenue (raw cash) generator. AWS is amazons biggest profit (cash after expenses) generator.
- ncn 6y agoYou’ve got it backwards. Their main business is aws.