A billion dollars is a lot of money, but it's a tiny fraction of Amazon's annual $250 billion profit. Is it really worth risking an antitrust suit that breaks up the entire company over less than half a percent of profit?
It seems to me Amazon could make damn near as much money for its shareholders without risking its moat. This was almost literally nickel-and-diming -- three dollars per American. They could afford to be a lot less evil and still make vast amounts of money just by the simple act of having a vast and efficient supply chain for practically everything.
A billion dollars is a lot of money, but it's a tiny fraction of Amazon's annual $250 billion profit. Is it really worth risking an antitrust suit that breaks up the entire company over less than half a percent of profit?
It seems to me Amazon could make damn near as much money for its shareholders without risking its moat. This was almost literally nickel-and-diming -- three dollars per American. They could afford to be a lot less evil and still make vast amounts of money just by the simple act of having a vast and efficient supply chain for practically everything.