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Given that Amazon is known for knocking off physical brands belonging to its 'retail partners' in its online store and then undercutting and outranking the orig
by throwaway_1928 4y ago
Given that Amazon is known for knocking off physical brands belonging to its 'retail partners' in its online store and then undercutting and outranking the originals [1], why would they not do the same with software hosted on AWS?
A lot of AWS itself is just copied open source projects [2].
Google does the same thing with Yelp [3].
[1] https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/amazon-india-rigging/ https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/amazon-i...
[2] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/15/technology/amazon-aws-cloud-competition.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/15/technology/amazon-aws-clo...
[3] https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/01/technology/yelp-google-european-union-antitrust.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/01/technology/yelp-google-eu...