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LeCheval t1_iuic58i wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Visual breakdown of AMZN Q3 FY22 Income Statement by Much_Blacksmith_9865

Look at the profit margin for AWS compared to the entire rest of Amazon’s business.

AWS

  • Revenue = $20.8B
  • Operating Profit = $5.4B

Rest of Amazon

  • Revenue = $106.3B
  • Operating Profit (Loss) = ($2.98B)

If Amazon were to immediately sell off everything except for its AWS portion of the company, it would (theoretically) increase profits by ~$3B. Everything other than AWS looks like a money sink.

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spagetidoodle t1_iuj38oh wrote

If you controll the full market at a loss you are worth more than if you controll small amout of the market at a small profit. Amazon have money to play monopoly

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ankole_watusi t1_iuj641f wrote

If you control the full market at a loss eventually governments will crack down to prevent becoming a monopoly. And the unfair practice of “buying market share”

And this would be very damaging.

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boygito t1_iujaw92 wrote

No they won’t. Governments only crackdown if a monopoly is hurting the public to make obscene profits. If a company is losing money, hrs hard to argue they are hurting the public

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ankole_watusi t1_iujdp5l wrote

It’s predatory and yes they do. Bait and switch.

They don’t generally do it till the prices go up after complete control though.

Gummit is slow.

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hellish0098 t1_iuivi9m wrote

Well…we need a more detailed breakdown to identify which businesses are actually losing money, I wanna bet those physical stores and prime content are huge money drainers

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ankole_watusi t1_iuj5q4a wrote

Haha plus they would have a huge captive customer for AWS.

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