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Amazon seems to be following Microsoft's EEE strategy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_exte

Amazon seems to be following Microsoft's EEE strategy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguis...), skipping the Extend

shever73 4y ago
Even the "Embrace" is a bit like the embrace of a sarlacc.
lucasmullens 4y ago
EEE is about extending open standards in a way that extinguishes the competition, since they can't keep up. Amazon buying a competitor and shutting it down might be monopolistic, but it's not EEE.
- oska 4y ago
  > skipping the Extend
manicennui 4y ago
This is every big tech company for the last couple decades. They buy up their competitors or potential competitors and either immediately or eventually shut them down. I'm sure this will lead to great things.