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No, their mission is to serve their customers, even at the expense of their publishers.
by lucian1900 12y ago
No, their mission is to serve their customers, even at the expense of their publishers.
- untothebreach 12y agoIn a perfect world, that would be true. But this isn't a perfect world, and Amazon is a publicly traded company, so their mission is to make money for their shareholders. That _may_ mean doing what is best for the people buying goods & services from them, but if serving the publishers over the readers benefits shareholders of AMZN more that the other way round, then they are obligated to do that.