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- Well, imagine what would have happened if AWS closed overnight. It would not only affect the economy, but also governments that run their infrastructure on AW
by varispeed 6y ago
- Well, imagine what would have happened if AWS closed overnight. It would not only affect the economy, but also governments that run their infrastructure on AWS.
- What I meant by that is also the money can ensure that new laws are not introduced, or investigations not carried out. Have you seen reports of Amazon Basics, where they ask sellers to hand over their leads and then months later Amazon introduces pretty much the same product undercutting the seller? I would imagine if that was done by a small company, they would have been closed down. Yet when you are big, anything goes.
- ch4s3 6y ago> Well, imagine what would have happened if AWS closed overnight What are the circumstances under which the switch is hypothetically turned off at every AWS data center all at once? It just doesn't seem like a realistic scenario. Most ways in which Amazon could fail would involve either a bankruptcy spinning out aws into one or more holdings, or years of decline where people switch off of AWS anyway. Sure, if all of those data centers blew up, then yes it would be catastrophic for a few months. > What I meant by that is also the money can ensure that new laws are not introduced, or investigations not carried out I see where you're coming from, but it seem a little thin and unspecific. The Amazon Basics thing seems like a bad example. It's the same model grocery stores, Walmart, Lowes, and department stores have used for decades. And no one ever really complained before. In some cases Amazon is white labeling products from the brands they're now competing with. So those companies still capture a lot of the revenue.