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Did Amazon really not turn a profit, or apply a bunch of tricks to make it appear like they didn't in order to avoid taxes? Given their history, I'd assume the

Did Amazon really not turn a profit, or apply a bunch of tricks to make it appear like they didn't in order to avoid taxes? Given their history, I'd assume the later: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_tax_avoidance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_tax_avoidance Anyway, this has nothing to do with whether inference is profitable.

DANmode 8mo ago
It has everything to do with whether they make profit on paper, vs give away the farm via free tier accounts, free trials, and last but not least: subsidized compute to hook entire organizations………