> Amazon’s devices operation was a pet project of Bezos And he saw it as his way to be Steve Jobs instead of Sam Walton. Bezos got bored with it when it was cl

> Amazon’s devices operation was a pet project of Bezos And he saw it as his way to be Steve Jobs instead of Sam Walton. Bezos got bored with it when it was clear it wasn't working and left the hard work of cleaning up his mess to his successor. It seems clearer than ever that the low interest rates and creative accounting which let Amazon grow like this is not something to admire.