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Wow, you would think that Amazon would just foot the internet bill for a company they now own. Especially since they basically own most of the infra. I guess a
by xyst 3y ago
Wow, you would think that Amazon would just foot the internet bill for a company they now own. Especially since they basically own most of the infra.
I guess all it takes is a “10X” surcharge on fees to make even a multibillion dollar company weak at the knees.
I wonder if this is really just a chess move in Amazon’s playbook to get Korean government to bend the knee.
Raise awareness of how bad it is to operate in Korea. Threaten to cut services from country due to how prohibitively expensive it is. Korean citizens become outraged and put pressure on govt. Govt either bends to pressure from public or continues to bend for big ISPs.
Government is doomed either way. Public is fucked. Only winner is Amazon or Korean ISPs.
- Xelynega 3y agoWhat does "prohibitively expensive" mean for a company that's largest cost is paid to its parent company at a rate completely decided by the parent company? Wouldn't anything that decreases the profit of twitch in South Korea be "prohibitively expensive" for an organization who's goal is to profit?