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Yeah, how hard can it be to field a successful mobile platform with global software delivery and integrated payments. Maybe Amazon should have... Oh... right, t

Yeah, how hard can it be to field a successful mobile platform with global software delivery and integrated payments. Maybe Amazon should have... Oh... right, they tried and failed with Fire phones. I have no idea if the cut is 30%, but that's the same cut that Amazon takes from an author when they sell a Kindle eBook (and sometimes that goes as high as 70%). What on earth did Amazon do to earn that much of an author's sale... I have little sympathy for Amazon, the largest retailer in the world, trying to play in someone else's playground. You can buy directly from your Kindle if you really have to have that browse-and-buy experience, but the iPhone app really is more convenient, isn't it?

makeitdouble 2y ago
> how hard can it be to field a successful mobile platform with global software delivery and integrated payments. About as hard as opening a new phone network rivaling ATT back in the days, apparently. If neither Amazon nor Microsoft couldn't do it you know it's not a matter of money and willingness to do it.
- dismalaf 2y ago
  Microsoft even had first mover advantage, acquired the largest cell phone maker in the world and still failed...
  - makeitdouble 2y ago
    The largest cell phone maker in the world has been either Samsung or ZTE for a dozen years. If you're referring to the Nokia acquisition, it was way past prime and relevance, at a time when Chinese makers were already on the rise.