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0 pointswpietri3y ago0 comments

I see you've edited and added more, so let me also reply to this bit:

> That AWS is 10% or revenue and 90% of profits is not really impoetant

It's important if we're examining your claim that "Amazon was never profitable because they prioritized growth is a meme", because we're looking at the extent to which they reinvested gross profits from their core business.

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hef198983y ago

Sometimes I am really puzzled by the lack of financial literacy on a forum aimed at start-ups. I really am.

Also the goal post moving. I said Amazon basically never reported losses, which they didn't. You said they barely broke even, which they didn't, as the numbers behind the chart show. And that Amazon prioritizes growth is hardly news. That they do so at the expense of profitablility is just plain wrong so. And the chart you shared yourself tells as much.

wpietriOP3y ago

I tried to work in good faith here, but now that you're just getting insulting, I'm done. You and your literal illiteracy are no longer my problem.

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