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What big tech company built a unique product well after they were big?

* Google is still mostly search

* Amazon is still mostly an online store (small exception with AWS, but that was charcoal[0])

* Meta is still mostly facebook (unique products were acquired)

etc.

0 - https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digita...




> Amazon is still mostly an online store (small exception with AWS, but that was charcoal[0])

What? I would express the opposite of this sentiment. Amazon is mostly AWS. Their online store's profit pales in comparison to AWS.

https://www.fool.com/investing/2022/07/07/aws-chief-says-ama...

> Amazon overall generated $24.8 billion in operating profits in 2021, and AWS was responsible for $18.5 billion (or 74%) of it. Basically, a business segment that contributes 14% of overall revenue is generating roughly three-quarters of Amazon's total operating profits.


That's because Amazon's strategy was to not focus on profits in the first place.

https://s2.q4cdn.com/299287126/files/doc_financials/annual/2...


Doesn't Amazon bucket their store ads (sponsored listings) under AWS?


Right, I'm saying AWS is an outlier.




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