{"id":40142,"date":"2019-03-24T20:40:19","date_gmt":"2019-03-24T18:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=40142"},"modified":"2019-03-24T20:40:28","modified_gmt":"2019-03-24T18:40:28","slug":"the-grand-theory-of-amazon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2019\/03\/24\/the-grand-theory-of-amazon\/","title":{"rendered":"The Grand Theory of Amazon"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UyohSu-Ft_U?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a heavy user of <a href=\"https:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/\">Amazon Web Services<\/a>, I often find myself in deep discussions about Amazon company, its broad portfolio of brands, the way they make money, and their strategy going forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Admittedly, that&#8217;s not an easy area to understand, let alone explain or argue about.  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