Amazon, Google, Amazon.com - Is That a Competitive Advantage?

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I think it's a misunderstanding of Amazon to say they're, they don't want to pay sales tax because they're being cheap. They view it as a competitive advantage where shoppers will shop with them. It's kind of like the Walmart episode. If saving five to 10% on your groceries on your idol, that matters a lot to a lot of people. Totally. I'm going to buy everything on Amazon because I don't pay sales tax. Yep. Fortunately, now I'm in a place where that doesn't matter to me now.

Amazon. No company has impacted the internet — and all of modern life — more than this one. We’ve waited seven years to do this episode, and are so, so excited to finally dive into every nook and cranny of this legendary company. And of course because we’re Acquired and this is Amazon, we couldn’t contain it all to just one episode… even a 4+ hour one! So today we focus on Amazon.com the retail business, and we’ll have another full episode on AWS coming soon. And because all great series are trilogies, to fully understand Amazon we highly recommend starting first with our previous episode on Walmart, which truly is the giant’s shoulder that Jeff Bezos stood upon. Let’s go!!

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