Is Amazon Too Big?

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  • @PolyMatter
    @PolyMatter  5 ปีที่แล้ว +4826

    Apologies for the worse audio quality, had to record in a hotel.

    • @romkoppel5302
      @romkoppel5302 5 ปีที่แล้ว +105

      We love you!

    • @fries6402
      @fries6402 5 ปีที่แล้ว +464

      should've used Amazon to buy new recording software

    • @rozumov
      @rozumov 5 ปีที่แล้ว +242

      Can't even tell it

    • @SkLLzDaTkLLs
      @SkLLzDaTkLLs 5 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      Didn't even notice. Way better than average video, really informative, thanks.

    • @RisingSwell
      @RisingSwell 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I only noticed the.. tapping? My laptop fans are having issues and I kept thinking that was them getting worse >.>

  • @pcm1011
    @pcm1011 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4665

    Would've been kinda ironic if this was sponsored by Audible

  • @lulairenoroub3869
    @lulairenoroub3869 5 ปีที่แล้ว +666

    When I heard him say "what does cloud storage have to do with selling grapes?" for a second, I was sure he was going to try to sell me a Skillshare subscription. Traumatized by sponsored content.

    • @abasisc5391
      @abasisc5391 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      LOL, sponsorship era

    • @aespa690
      @aespa690 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      How tf do people not have ad/sponsorblock in 2021? havent seen an ad or sponsored message on YT in years

    • @AlphaZGaming
      @AlphaZGaming 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@aespa690 cuz in a lot of videos their ads are a part of the actual video.

    • @speedstyle.
      @speedstyle. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@AlphaZGaming That's what sponsorblock is for. It skips segments of the actual video.

    • @deleted-something
      @deleted-something ปีที่แล้ว

      Damn

  • @prim16
    @prim16 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5186

    Brazil: Yes, The Amazon is too big, we must destroy it

    • @halicusnguyen8864
      @halicusnguyen8864 5 ปีที่แล้ว +160

      when Brazil copies the American government

    • @bigmike8586
      @bigmike8586 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      ah yes, it's definitely Bolsonaro himself that is burning down the Amazom, certainly. shut the fuck up, boomer

    • @GaryR55
      @GaryR55 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Primaski Why is destruction your only solution? It won't create any competition or make prices any lower for consumers. You socialists always have the same "solution:" tear everything down and replace it with government.

    • @prim16
      @prim16 5 ปีที่แล้ว +110

      @@GaryR55 I... what? Literally what the heck are you talking about, boomer, this had nothing to do with my tongue-in-cheek comment. And by the way, Brazil's government is the polar opposite of socialist...

    • @allconsumingchicken9173
      @allconsumingchicken9173 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Why does politics come into everything?

  • @BaenjaminS
    @BaenjaminS 4 ปีที่แล้ว +527

    100 years later: Spotifian Empire has declared war on the Apple Empire. The Sprintian Empire has formed an alliance with T-Mobilia.

    • @Theleaver5088
      @Theleaver5088 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      In order to ensure our security and continuing stability, Amazon will be reorganised into the first Amazon empire ! - Jeff Bezos last words

    • @BoatsNhoes824
      @BoatsNhoes824 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Lmfao the real “tech wars”

    • @vfmc77
      @vfmc77 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Underrated comment

    • @unattachedgray
      @unattachedgray 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      War is peace. Freedom is slavery.

    • @rinnungachinzah2902
      @rinnungachinzah2902 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Republic of Microsoft is neutral

  • @rydemk4168
    @rydemk4168 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3193

    Speaking of Facebook their actual site has fallen out of relevancy. Facebook is full of old people while instagram has all the young people. Luckily, _they own Instagram_

    •  5 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      Ryde Mk / Not sure Instagram is still relevant compared to Snapchat though.

    • @MsHumanOfTheDecade
      @MsHumanOfTheDecade 5 ปีที่แล้ว +240

      @ they will own that too eventually. and as with the nature of all social media, it'll fall out of the public's favour sadly.

    • @dromearex1820
      @dromearex1820 5 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      @ Really though Facebook and instagram support celebrities and businesses rather than being a social media app intended soley for use between friends. They are more likely to last at that point and make the company more money because they are for businesses more than individuals.

    • @sdawsonz
      @sdawsonz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +352

      @ Instagram is so much more relevant than snapchat

    • @Enrique-peralta
      @Enrique-peralta 5 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      @@sdawsonz tweenagers think the world revolves around them

  • @oopsitsdeleted6996
    @oopsitsdeleted6996 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2083

    In 2020:
    *Prime water*

    • @sanderninenine5333
      @sanderninenine5333 5 ปีที่แล้ว +101

      Knowing amazon it would be 1/3 the price of tap water.

    • @daiel1360
      @daiel1360 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Who said there'll be water in 2020?

    • @아기돼지-x8u
      @아기돼지-x8u 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Sander NineNine AmazonBasics water

    • @_carrbgamingjr
      @_carrbgamingjr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Lapa includes free shipping with AmazonPrime

    • @thepolarcool1
      @thepolarcool1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Amazon running utilities would actually be pretty cool lol

  • @itsennzo3068
    @itsennzo3068 4 ปีที่แล้ว +333

    "didn't you quite your job, become a lawyer, and read our 3,000 page TOS" LOL

    • @paysmenot2624
      @paysmenot2624 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I was shocked at first by his statement like why tf is he talking crazy. Then realized it was joke.

    • @Johnhasa1
      @Johnhasa1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I loled at that too 😂

  • @rorysmakingamovie
    @rorysmakingamovie 5 ปีที่แล้ว +902

    Is Amazon too big?
    *Clicks*
    Amazon ad in beginning of video

    • @anas100x
      @anas100x 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      What amazon product was the add I’ve gotten kindle audible and prime video ads

    • @yogeeshr4668
      @yogeeshr4668 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same here...

    • @itismethatguy
      @itismethatguy 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I didnt get any ad this time

    • @itismethatguy
      @itismethatguy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@anas100x yeah they were really popular in 2020

    • @beactivebehappy9894
      @beactivebehappy9894 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Use yt vanced
      Edit: not for ios users😅

  • @ojutay8375
    @ojutay8375 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1165

    Ironically Whole Foods is owned by Amazon

    • @jonm4501
      @jonm4501 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      And Amazon is loosing money there

    • @Jay_Script
      @Jay_Script 4 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      Jon M but, like in the video mentioned, AWS and other resources Amazon has even out the losses of whole foods. Amazon is in the long, long, LONG game with whole foods

    • @abhishekdev258
      @abhishekdev258 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Jay_Script sometimes that long...long..LONG..game simply doesn't mean anything.
      Why Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett has bought Costco shares and not Amazon's??

    • @DanielPronych
      @DanielPronych 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      To think the same government who allows tax payer money (via food stamps) to subsidize Amazon not paying (at least some) employees enough to live, and, remarkably shocking, did not block the sale of Whole Foods ... interesting?

    • @willn8664
      @willn8664 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jonm4501 not as long as privileged millennials keep shopping there so they can make their avocado toasts....

  • @fries6402
    @fries6402 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1858

    I really want to protect my Alexa from the things Polymatter is saying but it's already listening in on the video

    • @cos3
      @cos3 5 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      I literally smashed my Alexa to pieces just to watch this in peace

    • @whyarewehere3893
      @whyarewehere3893 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Headphones?

    • @nkpgbmx
      @nkpgbmx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Yeah, Alexa is fun if you want the goverment see and hear all you do or think.

    • @pierrekuchmann3944
      @pierrekuchmann3944 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      eeeee... *Information aquired*
      eeeee... eeee... *threat detected*...
      eee. eeee. eeeee. *Eliminate humans*
      This is how it starts

    • @alaricvisigoth919
      @alaricvisigoth919 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Alexa!!! Go make me a sandwich.

  • @ameliewilson6673
    @ameliewilson6673 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1061

    The whole time I was watching this I was thinking about Yamaha. Is there anything more drastically different than classical instruments and motorcycles?

    • @RandomClipsForFutureMe
      @RandomClipsForFutureMe 5 ปีที่แล้ว +159

      Both are fine tuned machines that allow people to express themselves and gain enjoyment from their use. Maybe you have never ridden a motorcycle, or learned to play a music instrument. Lol.

    • @nonebiz2132
      @nonebiz2132 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@RandomClipsForFutureMe Plus the notes my little RD400 made were like music on the freeway!

    • @SuperSMT
      @SuperSMT 5 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Smart watches and heavy military industry?

    • @oneflowerninjamagic1912
      @oneflowerninjamagic1912 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      and why the phuck was you thinking about....
      My Mama?!
      oh, my bad.... need new glasses, you typed Obama. What's yo issue wit Barack ?! : )

    • @chidubem826
      @chidubem826 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Lol. I just pictured someone playing beethoven while speeding on a motor bike.

  • @GrandLineArchives
    @GrandLineArchives 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3030

    Bezos: *richest man on earth
    *Divorces wife
    Ex-Wife becomes 4th richest woman on earth
    Bezos: still richest man on earth
    Does that answer your question "Amazon too big?"

    • @MrOPD
      @MrOPD 5 ปีที่แล้ว +470

      Well, the guy obviously worked to get all that money. It's not like he just randomly found it on the streets or stole if out of the pockets of the poor 9-5 working class.

    • @Hjernespreng
      @Hjernespreng 5 ปีที่แล้ว +657

      @@MrOPD Except once you hit a certain level of wealth, you DON'T work for it. You literally just hire someone else to do the actual business side of things FOR you while you just go to board meetings. These people are not working any harder than the average office middle-manager at that point. The heavy-lifting, be it literal or mental, is simply done by someone else on your payroll. And yes, this means that this system gets perpetuated as your kids are born into wealth and can be completely incompetent while the company does fine.

    • @xrli
      @xrli 5 ปีที่แล้ว +293

      @@MrOPD Did he not? All those underpaid workers he hires.

    • @nynonimousnynth3844
      @nynonimousnynth3844 5 ปีที่แล้ว +304

      Hjernespreng if you can build an empire and have it run itself then you deserve the earnings haha.

    • @atomer0
      @atomer0 5 ปีที่แล้ว +196

      maybe you should then work for a month for amazon if you think that they dont steal from their workers

  • @Checkyoselfb4
    @Checkyoselfb4 5 ปีที่แล้ว +754

    *Is Amazon too big
    Amazon: I am inevitable

    • @MechanicWolf85
      @MechanicWolf85 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      It would be funny if it wasn't true

    • @Checkyoselfb4
      @Checkyoselfb4 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That Guy Again Yeah, if u look at all the products apple are making now to do with smart homes etc

    • @littlefatguybombs9228
      @littlefatguybombs9228 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "And I am Iron Man"

    • @sas14285
      @sas14285 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@littlefatguybombs9228 F

    • @richtigmann1
      @richtigmann1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well, I'm not iron man

  • @stayfrosty6290
    @stayfrosty6290 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4026

    Amazon is not big enough until I get 1 second shipping.

    • @satrioekowicaksono7452
      @satrioekowicaksono7452 5 ปีที่แล้ว +620

      They'll use AI to predict what you'll buy and when you'd buy, and ship them before you even ordered them.

    • @moderizhaan9497
      @moderizhaan9497 5 ปีที่แล้ว +171

      @@satrioekowicaksono7452 they're making many robots to deliver their stuff after treating their employees like robots they get replaced by actual robots

    • @saxopio6280
      @saxopio6280 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      LMAO

    • @FP19487
      @FP19487 5 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      They aren’t big enough until I can order a rock from the moon. ‘Fresh’ one ofc.

    • @MrLogan2600
      @MrLogan2600 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      mode rizhaan this statement is wrong, they have their workers working 40 hours a week for about 15 dollars and hour. The workers are then whining because they are only making $15 but what they don’t care to realize is that is more money than half of the country makes

  • @shawnspann6844
    @shawnspann6844 4 ปีที่แล้ว +265

    Guy in the Lorax: I’m going to sell air
    Jeff Bezos: WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN

    • @willn8664
      @willn8664 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Jeff actually donated money to help the environment and further research climate change.....

    • @endermeap6488
      @endermeap6488 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ALLOICIOUS O’HARE

    • @kenos911
      @kenos911 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@willn8664 « but guys, every thing a billionaire does is for a tax write off »

  • @Irfan-yh4it
    @Irfan-yh4it 5 ปีที่แล้ว +510

    Ah yes, I have always dreamt of the Engel Curve as a child.

    • @lowz1369
      @lowz1369 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Who doesn’t?

    • @astral6749
      @astral6749 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't even know what the f an Engel Curve is. xD

    • @roninbayacal7857
      @roninbayacal7857 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      r/woosh

    • @flyingwolfox
      @flyingwolfox 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@roninbayacal7857 r/ihavereddit

    • @astral6749
      @astral6749 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@roninbayacal7857 Who are you wooshing?

  • @Macedthur
    @Macedthur 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4998

    Amazon Is getting bigger
    while the Amazon Jungle is getting smaller

    • @livingroomset2084
      @livingroomset2084 5 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      and?

    • @ItsMeChillTyme
      @ItsMeChillTyme 5 ปีที่แล้ว +181

      And the population around the world is increasing. Amazon isn't the only one shrinking. There's lots of nations that had a ton of forest cover just evaporated due to population growth.

    • @KevinJohnson-cv2no
      @KevinJohnson-cv2no 5 ปีที่แล้ว +187

      omg this is so sad, Alexa play Darude - Sandstorm

    • @TheEndingAbyss
      @TheEndingAbyss 5 ปีที่แล้ว +192

      @@livingroomset2084 The air in your lungs aren't coming out of nowhere my friend.

    • @ls200076
      @ls200076 5 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      @@livingroomset2084 your ignorance will be your downfall

  • @NutHoofd
    @NutHoofd 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1372

    Can't wait for -Buy n Large- _Amazon_ to take over this universe too

    • @bournelucid
      @bournelucid 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Lol

    • @ErasmusGAsare
      @ErasmusGAsare 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Not before Apple does. 😜

    • @crab4_
      @crab4_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@ErasmusGAsare fanboy war begins

    • @ErasmusGAsare
      @ErasmusGAsare 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@crab4_
      #Bringiton

    • @andrerodriguez6790
      @andrerodriguez6790 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      bitch please Disney

  • @anthonydelfino6171
    @anthonydelfino6171 5 ปีที่แล้ว +338

    This reminds me of the era of Rockafeller and the like with top down integration. Owning the railroad and the coal mine and the iron smelting, etc etc.
    It seems that a broader interpretation of the laws that broke up those companies could be applied to tech companies today

    • @oneflowerninjamagic1912
      @oneflowerninjamagic1912 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      This reminds me of the era of Putin and the like with top down integration. Owning the railroad and the coal mine and the iron smelting, and the U.S. President, etc etc.

    • @blankblankpog
      @blankblankpog 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      We need to broke up telecom companies first then tech giants.

    • @traviswolf6136
      @traviswolf6136 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      The government intervention laws single handily saved many of our American ancestors livelihoods. Yes too much intervention isn’t great, but it sure as hell did save a lot of us. I think this would be a pretty good idea for tech companies, we are told these monopolies make our lives easier, which it might, but if it hasn’t yet, it will come at a big price tag and we won’t have anywhere else to go soon

    • @harier64
      @harier64 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Stevospeedo I'm not a big fan of our president, but badmouthing other people's culture isn't what you should be doing

    • @wnxdafriz
      @wnxdafriz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      well top down has more to do with carnegie, rockafeller just undercut all the people that he could outlast because he had more money and ended up buying them out then raising the prices

  • @MrBalla156
    @MrBalla156 5 ปีที่แล้ว +687

    10:10 - “Hey, didn’t you quit your job, become a lawyer and read our 3,000 page terms of service” 😂😂😂

    • @CatholicWeeb
      @CatholicWeeb 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      No

    • @CatholicWeeb
      @CatholicWeeb 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      *NEVER*

    • @firmman4505
      @firmman4505 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ron Burgundy lol 😂😂

    • @OfficialYeat
      @OfficialYeat 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      it just wasn’t that funny

    • @fauxman1
      @fauxman1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@OfficialYeat no matter your take. there's a good point to that statement

  • @jebronlames4559
    @jebronlames4559 5 ปีที่แล้ว +178

    That's why it's logo has an arrow that connects a and z, it not only sells everything between a and z, but it also controls everything between a to z

    • @FlameRat_YehLon
      @FlameRat_YehLon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      (except in China where they only do barely well in "a" for aws)

    • @bigdrill8881
      @bigdrill8881 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      野龍 the Chinese market is pretty rigged though. The rest of the world should play by the same rules and block Huawei, Lenovo, Alibaba and the likes from operating unless their international counterparts are given equivalent operational freedom in China.

    • @jebronlames4559
      @jebronlames4559 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@bigdrill8881 it's no use though, the US already banned Chinese companies like Huawei for example, but China has a population of 1.4 billion people, and many big companies get national funding when they start going under, which is why Tencent's QQ and WeChat is so big without much people from Western countries who use them.
      This is also why the states were having a trade war with China, because their companies and policies are interfering with American business

    • @FlameRat_YehLon
      @FlameRat_YehLon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bigdrill8881 Your argument might be valid when we are talking about Google or Microsoft (due to, for example, Aliyun, which is part of Alibaba, is being used for some national infrastructure as well, while Microsoft has to get another company to run Azure for them in China), but if we are talking about specifically the shopping side of Amazon, it's pretty much outdated for years in China now, and thus it doesn't even matter whether they got equal freedom or not.
      Also, I'd say the willingness of these companies treating the Chinese market as an important one is way more important than their freedom of doing business in China. Of course foreign companies won't have the same level of freedom as a local company, but IIRC they still can own 100% of a Chinese company under certain criteria, which means they should be free enough.
      And above all, China didn't use anything but set in stone laws and regulations to restrict foreign companies and I suppose any other country should do the same to be fair.

    • @bigdrill8881
      @bigdrill8881 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      野龍 Good points. Amazon might seem outdated in comparison to the chinese e-commerce giants, but if the legal frameworks were on a, say, European level, I'm sure that they could quite quickly catch up with the market expectations and probably even exceed them given some time. The best thing about it would be that they would actually be competing against some pretty forward-thinking companies, and that's usually when true innovation happens.

  • @rja8504
    @rja8504 3 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    lets dig up and reanimate Teddy Roosevelt and get him back to trust busting.

    • @mustang8206
      @mustang8206 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      The most Chad president ever

    • @MFlari
      @MFlari 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He literally showed what Warren was thinking (same ideas as teddy economically)

    • @browngundam2170
      @browngundam2170 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Naruto style or full metal alchemist style?

    • @deejayaech4519
      @deejayaech4519 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      gigachad roosevelt

    • @mertsoup9113
      @mertsoup9113 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He can reanimate himself he's just waiting for the right moment

  • @aaronhilfiker
    @aaronhilfiker 5 ปีที่แล้ว +591

    Amazon will become Buy n Large from WALL-E

    • @THEJPR
      @THEJPR 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      And Samsung is E-Corp

    • @thecalmbeforethemaelstrom
      @thecalmbeforethemaelstrom 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      LMFAO bro ive been saying the same thing

    • @charlieschurk
      @charlieschurk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yep

    • @TalmoTheSell
      @TalmoTheSell 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      remember back when that movie first came out we said it was Wal-Mart? Good times

    • @falseprofit2569
      @falseprofit2569 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      buy N large is literally in every pixel movie not just wall-e even in cars movie with no humans around lol

  • @IHaulBoxes
    @IHaulBoxes 5 ปีที่แล้ว +463

    I LOVE the little details like the "Tim Apple" on the credit card!! xD 11:13

  • @AI_Educator
    @AI_Educator 5 ปีที่แล้ว +377

    2019 Amazon: 50% off amazon prime now!
    2025 Amazon: 50% of AmaAir now!

    • @SuperSMT
      @SuperSMT 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      2035 Amazon: 50% off flights to the Moon!
      2045 Amazon: 50% off homes on Mars!
      Blue Origin is the best part of Bezos's fortune

    • @oneflowerninjamagic1912
      @oneflowerninjamagic1912 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Would that be their branded airline..... or will we be able to save on their oxygen canisters.
      They do have plans to own the air we breathe !

    • @jakebuilds1652
      @jakebuilds1652 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@oneflowerninjamagic1912 *The Lorax has entered the chat*

    • @shawnspann6844
      @shawnspann6844 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      jakebuilds I was about to say Ohair Air

    • @doorstopper674
      @doorstopper674 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@oneflowerninjamagic1912 im gonna make my own damn air

  • @twinkiemp
    @twinkiemp 5 ปีที่แล้ว +205

    I want that "Proud mother of a Safeway shopper" bumper sticker 😂😂😂

  • @lydiachan479
    @lydiachan479 4 ปีที่แล้ว +173

    Kinda scared that Amazon will become like Buy 'n Large in Wall-E

    • @anas100x
      @anas100x 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Lydz_the_cat I’m from the feature and I came to tell you it’s too late

    • @serhiy-serhiiv
      @serhiy-serhiiv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Stolen comment

    • @xexpaguette
      @xexpaguette 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@serhiy-serhiiv Lydz_the_cat literally said they're scared of this thing happening- there is no point in saying that if you aren't actually scared.

    • @honkhonk8009
      @honkhonk8009 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      look at rockefeller back then. Its gonna go out of favour in 30 years. All big companies that grow too big to be properly managed does.
      Jeff Bezos already stepped down. Company is gonna stagnate. Gonna go the route of IBM sooner or later.

  • @Cubinator73
    @Cubinator73 5 ปีที่แล้ว +523

    5:15 "one hundred PBs or one hundred thousand GBs"
    I think you lost 3 zeros there, it should either be one hundred thousand TBs or one hundred million GBs, just like the animation in the background told you ;)

    • @player-hw7pe
      @player-hw7pe 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And the subtitles

    • @thewiedzmin6062
      @thewiedzmin6062 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Who fucking cares?!

    • @AArrad
      @AArrad 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Your wrong... and the animation... and the commentator is also wrong. 1 petabyte is a million GB.

    • @saubhagyachanana2591
      @saubhagyachanana2591 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@AArrad the video mentioned 100 Petabytes, not one.

    • @Chris.S
      @Chris.S 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Arrad You’re wrong, you said “your” when you should have said “you’re“ and the animation has the correct number of zeros. 1,000,000 GB is 1PB 100 PB is 100,000,000GB so the animation is correct while the commentary is not.

  • @lightfury4121
    @lightfury4121 5 ปีที่แล้ว +135

    PolyMatter : is Amazon too big?
    Amazon : whatever it takes

    • @OrangeC7
      @OrangeC7 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Kroger: Did you do it?

  • @XX-bu5zg
    @XX-bu5zg 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I really love how both sides of this argument are concisely summarized and how emphasis is placed on the fact that there is no one simple answer to a really complicated problem with multiple facets...we need real teamwork worldwide to solve this!

  • @Jack-fd8cx
    @Jack-fd8cx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +687

    "If you are willing to give up freedom for security, then you do not deserve either," Benjamin Franklin

    • @Karma-uw4ht
      @Karma-uw4ht 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      True lulw

    • @James_Wisniewski
      @James_Wisniewski 5 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      Counterpoint. Freedom isn't very useful to you if you're dead.

    • @MickeyMonthly
      @MickeyMonthly 5 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      @@tahnoon69 Look up the chance to be killed in a terrorist attack. Almost EVERYTHING in the world is more likely to kill you.

    • @infinityhand6569
      @infinityhand6569 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@James_Wisniewski If you're not willing to die for freedom, you don't deserve it

    • @TexMex421
      @TexMex421 5 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      He actually wrote: "those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." He was writing about a tax dispute between the Pennsylvania General Assembly and the family of the Penns. It is a quotation that defends the authority of a legislature to govern in the interests of collective security. It means, in context, not quite the opposite of what it's almost always quoted as saying but much closer to the opposite than to the thing that people think it means.

  • @Alex_FRD
    @Alex_FRD 5 ปีที่แล้ว +361

    The legal definition of "too big" can always be bought.

    • @user-kb8rc5vq2i
      @user-kb8rc5vq2i 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Unless we, y'know, make the less obvious forms of corruption illegal as well.

    • @fauxman1
      @fauxman1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@user-kb8rc5vq2i" I'm getting paid to not listen to you. "

    • @francismuir9313
      @francismuir9313 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      And then you get the phrase "Too Big to Fail" coined when banks get caught breaking laws and jeopardizing our society's stability, precisely so that those banks will not have to be dismantled, reorganized, etc. No, there's too much momentum in this gravy train!! The brake lever broke off 100 mi back down the track.

    • @francismuir9313
      @francismuir9313 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@user-kb8rc5vq2i You would have to also somehow convince everyone in government/politics to go agaist the wisdom of pRecEdNt, which they adhere to whenever it suits their purposes. We have no shot in hell at passing new corruption legislation right now (that doesn't actually end up being a way to make it easier to be corrupt somehow; never trust legislative headings). The double speak manipulating people these days is so advanced that folks think doublespeakers are dumb and ignore their absurdity because they are clearly developmentally challenged.... Heads up, they're not. They're clever actors who know how to obvuscate responsibility and culpability.

    • @johnwalker1058
      @johnwalker1058 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@francismuir9313
      "The double speak manipulating people these days is so advanced that folks think doublespeakers are dumb and ignore their absurdity because they are clearly developmentally challenged.... Heads up, they're not. They're clever actors who know how to obfuscate responsibility and culpability."
      - Is this like when someone pretends to be bad at a chore, or does it badly on purpose so they don't have to do it, but with government? Or more generally, is this like when people pretend to be bad at something or do it badly on purpose so that someone else expecting them to do the thing will give up on trying to hold them accountable to fulfilling that thing?

  • @sweotsmc9085
    @sweotsmc9085 5 ปีที่แล้ว +460

    -I totally agree. Amazon is getting out of control- This comment was removed by Alexa Automatic Comment Filtering™

    • @MahruqiYousef
      @MahruqiYousef 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Sweots Honestly I won’t be surprised if that really happened lol

    • @generalaccount6531
      @generalaccount6531 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Hey now, you don't want to be apprehended by the Amazon State Store Security © and volunteer in a 10-year house helpers ™ subscription, do you?

    • @Blox117
      @Blox117 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      L̶o̶l̶ ̶n̶i̶c̶e̶ ̶t̶r̶y̶ ̶i̶d̶i̶o̶t̶,̶ ̶e̶v̶e̶r̶y̶o̶n̶e̶ ̶k̶n̶o̶w̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶r̶e̶a̶l̶ ̶e̶n̶e̶m̶y̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶G̶o̶ This potentially harmful comment was removed by Google Comment Safety Filtering™

    • @DanielPronych
      @DanielPronych 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Person: "Alexa, do you do content filtering without my permission when I ask you a question?"
      Alexa: ...

    • @DanielPronych
      @DanielPronych 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Person: "Alexa, can you record my conversations when you are muted?"
      Alexa: ...

  • @chrissytheconqueror7049
    @chrissytheconqueror7049 5 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    When you randomly reload TH-cam and see that PolyMatter posted a new video.
    This is where the fun begins...

  • @williamluviolin
    @williamluviolin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +139

    Ironically, Amazon now owns Whole Foods.

    • @DanielPronych
      @DanielPronych 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      So instead of Whole Foods being Whole Paycheck, all of Amazon is Whole Paycheck now?

    • @heidirabenau511
      @heidirabenau511 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You mean Jeff Bezos own Whole Foods

    • @williamluviolin
      @williamluviolin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@heidirabenau511 no

  • @wil8785
    @wil8785 5 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    Gotta say, this one of your best videos. I found these ideas familiar but you really took it all the way by explaining the relation of amazons destructive no profit force & ability to avoid monopoly rules relates to they gargantuan size and the danger associated with it. I also appreciated that at the end of the video you left it open ended without a solution letting me realize the full complexity of the situation. Big fan, keep it up.

    • @thadiussean9133
      @thadiussean9133 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Many "gargantuan size" companies from 50 years ago no longer exist today...

    • @JanVerny
      @JanVerny 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@thadiussean9133 But there are new ones. The free market is no solution, much like letting the house burn down isn't a solution to a fire breaking out.

    • @MishaFlower
      @MishaFlower 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@JanVerny Letting the house burn means it won't spread out to other houses, It's a viable solution just like letting a business collapse is better than putting it in government life support where it will suck taxpayers money and be a burden on the economy as a whole. **Cough** **Cough** *2008 bailouts* **Cough** **cough**

  • @Super-chad
    @Super-chad 5 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    Polymatter... A channel that's light-years ahead of others.

  • @Dhavalshah
    @Dhavalshah 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    these laws were applied in India and cercumvented in just 3 days
    for megacorporations there are always loopholes and multiple ways with laws being just slow to catchup doesn't help

  • @rektboiology
    @rektboiology 4 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    “Bits don’t cost money”
    Twitch: am I a joke to you?

  • @fgrah72
    @fgrah72 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I enjoyed your breakdown of the Amazon ecosystem. The fascinating thing about Amazon to me is the way they got to where they are. They didn't have AWS until more recently. The way Bezos got Amazon to that point is by having enough investment to go public and operate at a loss for many years and take advantage of the fact that online purchases were not taxed (vs brick and mortar). Once they got a strong foothold in the market and started making a profit, they were able to start AWS and continue with the low retail prices. Now they no longer lobby against online sales tax which will hurt small online companies as it is difficult for a small business to navigate the tax collection of multiple states, which makes it almost impossible to compete on price and then force many to sell thru Amazon. Then, if you have a successful product, Amazon can choose to cut you out completely.

  • @DeathByEpicFail
    @DeathByEpicFail 5 ปีที่แล้ว +207

    Love your vids, they are so informative and concise. Keep up the great work!

  • @yaitz3313
    @yaitz3313 5 ปีที่แล้ว +425

    Wow. It's incredibly rare to watch videos on economics without having political views shoved down your throat.
    I just watched an economics video, and I still can't really tell what PolyMatter's political views are.
    Congratulations, sir.
    Oh yeah, and great sponsorship segue.

    • @Hjernespreng
      @Hjernespreng 5 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      His political views come out quite clearly both at the beginning and end.

    • @jskthefork
      @jskthefork 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      polymatter is definetely a new-age anarcho capital-communist despot.... i think

    • @Nosirrbro
      @Nosirrbro 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      I'm not confident what you mean... from the video economically he's pretty clearly american center-left (which is really more center-right on the whole scale, but thats irrelevant in this context). This is also reflected in the rest of his videos. I think the difference is that his political views are self-evident from what he states, not how he states them (or outright endorsing specific groups or ideology, obviously), which is somewhat uncommon.

    • @doji_town_adventures
      @doji_town_adventures 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      lol he sounds like a liberal, you not being able to pick it out is more indicative of your beliefs than anything, and inb4 some fuck comes around conflating leftists with liberals, go away

    • @ItsMeChillTyme
      @ItsMeChillTyme 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Economics is not without politics itself. For e.g there is some leftist faction, some kind of non-market ideology, who say economics is entirely made up. I am not even kidding. To them a market does not even have an exchange in their system and for reasons I haven't looked into, they believe that all current economics violates some right they think all people have by default.

  • @-.Ascendant
    @-.Ascendant 5 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    i will be happy when amazon materializes packages into my house.

  • @brentc9381
    @brentc9381 5 ปีที่แล้ว +244

    In Belgium its forbidden for companies to sell products with a loss

    • @jasinbiggs7189
      @jasinbiggs7189 5 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      Thats why belgium doesn’t have big companies.
      America and china have most of them.

    • @nightbot.2817
      @nightbot.2817 5 ปีที่แล้ว +175

      @@jasinbiggs7189 having a big company is great. Having a enormous company that can compete with your government isn't.

    • @jasinbiggs7189
      @jasinbiggs7189 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Nightbot t go move to Europe then.
      America is better for making money.
      Europe is better for government control.

    • @nightbot.2817
      @nightbot.2817 5 ปีที่แล้ว +166

      @@jasinbiggs7189 money that 99.9% of population can't benefit from. You live in a first world country filled with third world citizens.

    • @bigdrill8881
      @bigdrill8881 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Nightbot t exactly.

  • @NTJordan
    @NTJordan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Editing is spot on as always! I love that you delve into more complex issues rather than skimming the surface of benign topics.

  • @JOSEPH-vs2gc
    @JOSEPH-vs2gc 5 ปีที่แล้ว +154

    Low Prices will always have a Catch, we're just too lazy and shortsighted to see it.

    • @oneflowerninjamagic1912
      @oneflowerninjamagic1912 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      the low prices is too run the competition out of business. And gulliable consumers thinks it's to applease/woo them. Even the dope man will give you enough FREE hits... to bring you into her funnel (feminists want equal ground... there you go ) . Amazon plays the loooong game .

    • @redmed10
      @redmed10 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The catch is you cant return anything over 30 days in most cases. 12 month warranties have been almost made void. Read the reviews of people who havr problems with products.

    • @michaeljordan6008
      @michaeljordan6008 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      30 Day Returns is a catch? No one should be able to return anything after 30 days.

    • @redmed10
      @redmed10 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@michaeljordan6008
      Not even if its faulty? Are you Bezos in disguise. Don't you believe in 12 month warranties. Do you think customers should have any rights at all?

    • @michaeljordan6008
      @michaeljordan6008 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Sukhbir Sekhon - A 12 month warranty is provided by the manufacturer, not Amazon.
      Contact the manufacturer of the item to submit a warranty claim.
      As an aside, I’m not an Amazon fan. They have ruined the landscape of American retail.

  • @travcollier
    @travcollier 5 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    AWS came directly from the overcapacity Amazon had to build to handle Christmass shopping season. So, actually it did have quite a bit to do with the retail store.
    Not a defense of Amazon, but an interesting detail worth getting correct.

    • @Entrantress
      @Entrantress 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Travis Collier it’s cute that you genuinely believe that.

    • @travcollier
      @travcollier 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Entrantress I'm old enough to remember AWS getting setup. About 1/2 of my friends from college moved up to the Bay Area after graduating in the late 90s.

    • @Entrantress
      @Entrantress 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Travis Collier not questioning your age. I’m just saying believing that is an underestimation if a company that has historically been about long game. It’s the equivalent of saying, well they just always wanted to be a book store. I’m basically calling you naive. Even though you are factually correct that that was a statement that was made.

    • @travcollier
      @travcollier 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@Entrantress They've always had plans for retail dominance, but from everything I heard, cloud hosting was a lucky/clever fluke.
      It isn't about my age really. It is about the fact that I know folks who used AWS in those very early days when Amazon was trying to see if there was any demand at all for their extra capacity (as well as folks building out and maintaining the server farms).
      Don't give them too much credit ;)

    • @Entrantress
      @Entrantress 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Travis Collier let’s agree to disagree then. I see your point though.

  • @Bartekkru100
    @Bartekkru100 5 ปีที่แล้ว +195

    God, I was expecting a segway into some VPN software ad.

    • @FifthCoast
      @FifthCoast 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      *segue

    • @mouou1823
      @mouou1823 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      R/wooosh

    • @VezWay007
      @VezWay007 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@mouou1823 where's the woosh?

    • @diggledoggle4192
      @diggledoggle4192 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@mouou1823 Please stop. There isn't even any missed joke

  • @kernelpanic2887
    @kernelpanic2887 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    They've built a freakn truck called Snowmobile which can carry 100PB of data

  • @syzikiy4450
    @syzikiy4450 4 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    "facebook or literally everyone else" -Polymatter 2019

    • @beardo8939
      @beardo8939 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That is indeed what he said

    • @hilal_younus
      @hilal_younus 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s true tho ...

  • @sturban7464
    @sturban7464 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Life: How much profit do you want
    Amazon: Well, Yes but actually no

    • @DanielPronych
      @DanielPronych 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Amazon being a publicly traded company is about the founder and CEO being rich? What does this have to do with Amazon actually having a profit?

  • @evan
    @evan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    Really interesting video my guy! Thanks for making it

  • @Sn0wjunk1e
    @Sn0wjunk1e 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    polymatter: a company controlling every aspect of a digital medium from product to apllications and os actually makes it better an more secure
    linux: am i joke to you?

  • @Zosh_
    @Zosh_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +355

    *Facebook... well... has continued to be Facebook*
    Omg that's so funny but so true :'(

    • @abdurrahmanf.a.5624
      @abdurrahmanf.a.5624 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      *Mark Zuckerberg continues to sip another water

  • @aquafire183
    @aquafire183 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Got an ad before this saying “do you want amazon to pay your insurance” or something. The irony.

  • @bigburd875
    @bigburd875 5 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    *crashes through the ceiling* I heard that you might be in need of my... talents...

    • @yoRockstardude134
      @yoRockstardude134 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      The old trust buster

    • @TheEndingAbyss
      @TheEndingAbyss 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@tarkfarhen3870 He made a joke. Calm down.

    • @user-ng2ry9cq9w
      @user-ng2ry9cq9w 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Daway Legit Oh so you hate Teddy Roosevelt the DEAD president? Wow that is just scummy words to a dead president you know what I am so triggered from your comment I am actually pissed wtf dude wow I am so triggered I can’t eat my fucking ice cream now and that’s fucking bullshit buddy get your shit straight NIIIIIIGGGGGGGGGGGGAAAAAAAA

    • @bcnicholas123
      @bcnicholas123 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Daway Legit Trust-busting is good for competition. Keep whining about it bitch.

    • @johnj8639
      @johnj8639 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Daway Legit you seem to have an unbelievably low IQ, just stop talking.

  • @JailanSimon
    @JailanSimon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +139

    It will be unmatched once it gets rid of the human factor

    • @max_208
      @max_208 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      *alexa voice*: human not needed

    • @Vyrkhan
      @Vyrkhan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Jailan Simon which is already doing. Just google all the “seasonal time” employee which many are homeless and living from an amazon contract to another. (1-3months)

    • @Rugg-qk4pl
      @Rugg-qk4pl 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Oh no. Using technology to improve warehouse density by over double. So sad. Ban it!

    • @revspikejonez
      @revspikejonez 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Skynet delivers.

    • @safir2241
      @safir2241 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Rugg0064
      Don’t ban it, just tax it & have that tax money to go the American People. UBI yang gang!

  • @linked_soul
    @linked_soul 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Me: Sees Title
    Me: *Laughs in Google*

  •  4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    There was a 'legend' of a legendary business empire 150 years ago. This year 2020 was the mark of its 150th anniversary. It used to dominate business market of Kerosene for nearly 40 years. Its founder and owner got to the court for 'being too successful' in business. After that, the term monopoly was coined. The name of the company is Standard Oil, and its founder is John D. Rockefeller.

  • @callum5733
    @callum5733 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Honestly one of my favourite TH-cam channels. You make everything so entertaining and educational.

  • @AaronMichaelLong
    @AaronMichaelLong 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The problem with the 'Break Up Tech' argument is that they're big players in a very, very small pond. I'm really unsure of how you argue that Amazon needs to be dismantled when Wal-mart is five times its size. The other problem is none of these companies possess the qualities any economist or regulator would use to define a monopoly. In particular, lack of competition. Every monopoly relies on high barriers to entry which prevent competitors from invading their niche. So if Google is a monopoly, then what is Bing, or Yahoo, or DuckDuckGo? If Amazon is a monopoly, what's Rakuten or Alibaba? On the internet, the competition is literally just a click away. Also, if these companies have monopolies, where are the associated rises in pricing that come with it?
    These 'regulatory' actoins aren't customer protection, it's *lobbyist* protection. It doesn't protect Amazon's customers, or Apple's customers, or Google's customers. It protects the moribund, technologically illiterate companies they're beating in the marketplace. And Facebook's users aren't its customers, they're its willing victims.

    • @TheEndingAbyss
      @TheEndingAbyss 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Man, no one uses bing. I feel like if an employee of bing has a problem, they'd just Google it.

    • @AaronMichaelLong
      @AaronMichaelLong 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TheEndingAbyss And yet, Bing is profitable, making over a billion dollars in quarterly revenue. Look, my point is that alternatives exist. The problem with successful Internet companies is not that they're 'too big', it's that the companies they're hedging out of the market are 'less good'.

    • @AaronMichaelLong
      @AaronMichaelLong 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@dandanthetaximan Expressed as market capitalization, you're right, Amazon is bigger than Wal-Mart. But Market Cap is, as Keynes put it, 'a beauty contest'. Wal-Mart has a bigger share of the total retail market. The difference is that Amazon's share is growing steadily, and Wal-Mart's share is flat, hence the better stock valuation. After some more research, I'll concede m 5 times remark was inaccurate, based on some dated revenue information I found on the web. In AMZN's revenue for 2018 was reported at $232B, and WMT was $514B. So yeah, they're closing the gap fast.

    • @nikhilpranav6915
      @nikhilpranav6915 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The mafia wishes it could extort big businesses on a scale the US government can.

  • @RoninShinobi88
    @RoninShinobi88 5 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    "Those who would trade essential liberties for temporary Security deserve neither Freedom nor Security." Benjamin Franklin's advise can easily be changed to cost and convenience and still ring true.

    • @Sammito1111
      @Sammito1111 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ronin no Nishi in no way is it an “essential liberty” to download any software you want on your mobile phone (if that’s what you’re getting at)

    • @adrianbundy3249
      @adrianbundy3249 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Sammito1111 Um, no. He was talking clearly, and plainly about how essential liberties, competition, and access to public commerce spaces, etc - all of this that was spoken of in this video can be assumed - are being challenged and accepted just because 'cost and convenience', in a rearranging of Ben Franklin's quote.
      Also - not being able to put any software you want on the phone you paid for in full, for those who have paid for it in full, is in fact - beyond asinine; but that wasn't what was said.

    • @Sammito1111
      @Sammito1111 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The Doom From Latveria
      He didn’t quote this in isolation. It was a comment on this particular video for a reason. I quite clearly included in parenthesis “if that’s what you’re getting at” so that OP could clarify if, indeed, that was what he was getting at. lol
      And regarding your final statement, I disagree entirely. Limiting software installation enables the OS devs to sandbox functionality effectively. Apple has best in class smartphone security precisely because of this. I think your very limited viewpoint that it’s asinine to limit user freedom in this way lacks nuance.
      Trading some flexibility in software installation for a significantly more secure environment (a very useful feature) is absolutely fair. In the market, we voice our opinions with our money. If you want software freedom at the expense of security, androids are the way to go. Want the opposite? iPhones are right up your lane.
      I use a variety of OS’s in my devices.. I use Windows, Linux, and macOS daily on my computers, and I choose to use an iPhone because I feel it is more convenient and _secure_ at the expense of customizability I don’t desire for a mobile OS.

    • @jonathanw11
      @jonathanw11 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Sammito1111 spot on, particularly the point about the Apple ecosystem.
      To claim this is an issue and is something requiring a "solution" is wrong. It implies that people do not grasp what they are getting into when purchasing an iPhone, MacBook, whatever. While this maybe true in a number of cases, if this really did present an issue for consumers, there is more than enough choice in the market to move elsewhere.

  • @exoticbutters2781
    @exoticbutters2781 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I know this is an old video, but the amazon (or big tech in general) problem is a little more complicated than we think imo. If amazon gets split because they sell products they own on their market, then companies like WalMart, Costco, and other markets that carry signature label items would need to get split as well. Companies began carrying their own brand of products well before amazon did, and while they are the largest, if it got broken up, then it sets the precedence that companies shouldn't focus on growth which is the goal of most companies. How big should we get? How much profit is too much profit? I doubt shareholders are thinking that way. But I think the more likely reason I've heard for an Amazon split is the fact that they collect sales metrics from sellers on their platform and then use that data against them by making cheap substitutes to items that are profitable. That is a really dirty tactic and is I'm baffled that that doesn't violate antitrust laws. But something needs to be done about big tech. I'd start with tightening up a lot of the lax internet laws that give them free reign to govern the net, e.g. safe harbor.

  • @CameronKinvig
    @CameronKinvig 5 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Amazon is becoming the Buy 'N Large from WALL-E

    • @evianjc
      @evianjc 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      We knew that though 🤔🤯

  • @niisc
    @niisc 5 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    Tim apple credit card... 11:14 polymatter is savage

    • @Figgox
      @Figgox 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      That exist

  • @ulipeterson6112
    @ulipeterson6112 5 ปีที่แล้ว +432

    the "United States of Amazon" will come.
    trust me.

    • @daiel1360
      @daiel1360 5 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      No, it'll be the Galactic Amazonian Empire.

    • @Deutscher256
      @Deutscher256 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Cool. 1-Click ordering for passports.

    • @NoahZimmerman
      @NoahZimmerman 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      And they will start making movies about themselves and call it *AMAZON WARS*

    • @heraldomedrano6993
      @heraldomedrano6993 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Make Amazon Great Again.

    • @williamjakobsenmatthiesen3145
      @williamjakobsenmatthiesen3145 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      No it wont, you are just naive and overreact. And If Im wrong, i wont know because i’ll be dead by then.. but Amazon are and Will be one hell of an influental company.

  • @kanthonyofficial
    @kanthonyofficial 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    waiting for the glorious day when we humble servants can fully pledge our allegiance to the United Amazon of Disney

    • @johnwalker1058
      @johnwalker1058 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      "United Amazon of Disney" lmao

  • @Vroomi3
    @Vroomi3 5 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    Well the real Amazon is on fire.

    • @Cecil_Augus
      @Cecil_Augus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And continues on fire.

    • @doorstopper674
      @doorstopper674 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tf are we gonna do about it?

  • @justderp5713
    @justderp5713 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    When amazon delivers your item 0.001 seconds after the day it was supposed to arrive
    *_Is Amazon Too Big?__*

    • @_carrbgamingjr
      @_carrbgamingjr 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just Derp wtf lmao

    • @stargazerspark4499
      @stargazerspark4499 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      In the next decade, Amazon will unleash its Automated Hypersonic Dropships that release Delivery Drone Swarms over your local metro area, effectively taking over all shipping logistics for the entire planet. Can't wait.

  • @bruhfunny8123
    @bruhfunny8123 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    dang, that was a smooth ad transition.

  • @trumpetdudekjk
    @trumpetdudekjk 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    The segways that this guy makes between videos and sponsor ads are absolutely top notch. I even watch the whole thing to give him props.

  • @Jearrod
    @Jearrod 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Should be titled “should we take what these people worked for because they are so successful that people are spiteful”

    • @monkgogimasedi5265
      @monkgogimasedi5265 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Marios Tsal
      Hard work. It took decades to make a profit. That is hard work.

  • @JakeHarris0
    @JakeHarris0 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Really good explanation of the issues from different angles. Thank you for presenting it so well without forcing an opinion!!!

  • @TerrelWC
    @TerrelWC 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The quality of these videos are always so good. Just thought I had to say it, keep up the good work!

  • @uhhihru2727
    @uhhihru2727 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this is the only guy that can make a 10 minute video about a topic that you can find in a sentence in 30 seconds and make it interesting

  • @Jonifico
    @Jonifico 5 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    Did you take a 17-hour flight because you are making a full-on documentary on China?

  • @ValentinoE88
    @ValentinoE88 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    False. Amazon prices have gotten more expensive. Target has been cheaper than Amazon on many things I buy regularly. Sprouts farmers market is cheaper than Amazon too.

    • @wnxdafriz
      @wnxdafriz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      amazon hasn't been cheaper in a long time... the only thing they had that consistently stayed cheaper were overseas items..... the only thing amazon regularly checks on prices is whatever is walmart is charging... walmart actually drops a price online then amazon follows suit
      considering they directly compete with brick and mortar giants... they don't pricematch at all... go to a walmart,target, or a bestbuy and they will pricematch amazon or any other direct competitor

    • @themaskedmagic1783
      @themaskedmagic1783 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I thought Target got more expensive Legos aren’t cheap

    • @Anonym-mh7sz
      @Anonym-mh7sz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@wnxdafriz Well the thing is: Amazon is mostly a marketplace. It sure sells it's own goods (which is a whole different form of evil as amazon checks whats popular, produces the product by itself and outcompetes it's own retailers) but mostly it's third party retailers selling and shipping the goods. Amazon gets 15% of every sale so a lot of retailers went to put those 15% on top of their shelveprices to keep their margins. Big Ratail Chains like wallmart should easily be able to compete with the prices of the retailers on amazon.

    • @daysacae
      @daysacae 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      ValentinoE88 Same story as Walmart

    • @SWLinPHX
      @SWLinPHX 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Walmart has always been cheaper than Target, and with more selection too.

  • @ZOOTSUITBEATNICK1
    @ZOOTSUITBEATNICK1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    "Is Amazon Too Big?"
    imo
    Obviously.
    imo

  • @elliotw4606
    @elliotw4606 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow. 3 years old yet this is one of the single most balanced analysis of Amazon I've seen. Great job! 100% correct that balance is needed and quick feel good solutions like breaking up companies suddenly would not work well. It's not that they can't be criticized, but that the action taken needs thought not just swift action.

  • @bcnicholas123
    @bcnicholas123 5 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    You should do a collab with Company Man

    • @nopers2223322
      @nopers2223322 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Wendover

    • @whcolours9995
      @whcolours9995 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Business Casual

    • @pcm1011
      @pcm1011 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@nopers2223322 a video about flights to China?

    • @jayson7136
      @jayson7136 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Brendan that guys a legend

    • @jayson7136
      @jayson7136 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nope both

  • @saar5947
    @saar5947 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I remember subbing when you had 15k subs, good work man. You just kept uploading interesting high quality content and you got what you deserved

  • @saosaqii5807
    @saosaqii5807 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    In other news stock prices for tech companies mysteriously drops after polymatter video

  • @Darius_Icewood
    @Darius_Icewood 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You are never too big. Keep going and keep growing. We haven't even started colonizing Mars or the Moon yet. Get BIGGER

    • @LastbutNotFirst
      @LastbutNotFirst 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      you realize this entire "space" thing is just a rouse for the elites to transfer wealth to themselves. oh and pretty sure elon musk said we'd be on mars already. amoung his numerous other failed promises. bezos is far behind musk.

    • @angadsingh9314
      @angadsingh9314 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@LastbutNotFirst Stupidest thing I've ever heard. Actually go take a look at what SpaceX is doing.

    • @LastbutNotFirst
      @LastbutNotFirst 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@angadsingh9314 doing what.. a string of failed promises. lol

  • @vivekpal1004
    @vivekpal1004 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Amazon is not playing the loong game, it's playing the loooong game. It's actually scary.

    • @BidoMaggot
      @BidoMaggot 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Its sad and pointless

    • @campkira
      @campkira 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      No worse than Google

  • @UCTiqLjHutUSEvBhJTfsJOEQ
    @UCTiqLjHutUSEvBhJTfsJOEQ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    When you equip your company with an AI that automatically fires people, while your boss is the richest man on earth, yes, you're probably too big.

    • @overloader7900
      @overloader7900 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Когда тебе нужен скайнет чтобы сжигать перенаселяющих землю людей хд

    • @ItsMeChillTyme
      @ItsMeChillTyme 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I think its best to have AI fire people than people because that has biases and stuff. And dare you fire some minority by just performance reviews and the whole media explodes about how your company is racist.

    • @KevinJohnson-cv2no
      @KevinJohnson-cv2no 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      People SHOULD get fired for not doing their job, AI is a more efficient means of doing that, has nothing to do with being "too big".

    • @idyllsend6481
      @idyllsend6481 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@KevinJohnson-cv2no except if the expectations are too high

    • @KevinJohnson-cv2no
      @KevinJohnson-cv2no 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@idyllsend6481 If the expectations are "too high" for you, then don't take the job in the first place loser. Leave the spot open for someone better.

  • @mopsnuf
    @mopsnuf 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This is a truly, truly great video. Clear explanation of a fascinating and complex topic. BIG up!!

  • @windwalker3081
    @windwalker3081 5 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Me: Builds up an empire
    Public: You can’t do that

    • @karensmith6074
      @karensmith6074 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You can, but it will fall like ancient Rome.

    • @neilsumanda1538
      @neilsumanda1538 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@karensmith6074 The roman empire have problem with each CEOs like there is no future... they are just crazy stockholders.. 😅😅

    • @mateuszpapla
      @mateuszpapla 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      is there anything good about building empires?

    • @sucram1015
      @sucram1015 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@karensmith6074 Not entirely true, Rome fell because of government incompetency, inefficient spending, increasing debt levels that weren't paid off, mass corruption, invasions because they kept making enemies, lack of sustainability, over expansion without a plan to manage everything properly, and etc. A company can be big but as long as it doesn't do what Rome did in the past, can properly manage itself, doesn't get into debt or pays it off quick, has competent governing in terms of leadership, has efficient and proper systems in place to run things. Then the company will be fine.

  • @notabotlul
    @notabotlul 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    AWS sells cloud computing which requires datacenters, meaning it scales with customers

  • @braed6202
    @braed6202 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I don't comment on these sorts of things often but this was excellently explained. Thanks!

  • @CarHound
    @CarHound 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This video blew my mind! your research was so good on this! i never connected the dots that deeply before! this is like checkers vs chess in business!

  • @fireben90
    @fireben90 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Imagine being fired from amazon for breaking your foot. Real reason.

    • @roryewell7107
      @roryewell7107 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      They want now , amazon helps workers out now and put them on leave of absence, with short term disability til you get better and if still hurt they put you in the office room to work on the computer tasks for them , they try hard to keep you around because everybody is quitting amazon since Covid started

  • @albertocrescini2076
    @albertocrescini2076 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I’ve just wrote an essay about amazon overpower today at school. I’m having a dejavu watching this :)

    • @omarsanchez7599
      @omarsanchez7599 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Alberto Crescini I have two projects on amazon for my business classes. LOL

    • @Jimmy_Jones
      @Jimmy_Jones 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But will Amazon shopping survive if it split from AWS?

    • @campkira
      @campkira 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      The fact is fornt of the line don't make that much profit...hard to win when all they did is just ship it.

  • @etro8564
    @etro8564 5 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    100 million GB* 5:15
    You said 100 thousand GB but thats in TB

    • @vamscape
      @vamscape 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      1TB(terabyte) =1000, so 100TB=100,000
      Although 1PB(petabyte)=1000TB, so 100x1000TB makes 100,000,000GB!

    • @etro8564
      @etro8564 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Vamscape bitch it's written 100,000,000 and he said 100,000 he forgot there zeros

    • @etro8564
      @etro8564 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Vamscape and 1TB= 1024GB not 1000

  • @baango
    @baango 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Is Amazon Too Big? YES! Eventually, Earth will have to change its name to Amazon or Bezoworld.

    • @baango
      @baango 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Alan-pi1vn Better.

  • @tylermeinhold6384
    @tylermeinhold6384 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    4:46 "Bits don't cost money"
    NFT enters the chat: "oh I don't think so".

  • @kebryanhayes7757
    @kebryanhayes7757 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Since it’s too big I’ll gladly take some of its revenue

  • @JustinY.
    @JustinY. 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    *Aramco laughs in the distance*

    • @dennisbrannvalls1fan964
      @dennisbrannvalls1fan964 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Fuck you're quick

    • @raiyan3348
      @raiyan3348 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      FUCKEN HOW?

    • @simonhuwe6696
      @simonhuwe6696 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      HOW

    • @TaoCroatia
      @TaoCroatia 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      You are back

    • @fries6402
      @fries6402 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I've used your comment tactics to boost my chances of a top comment. You learn from the best :))

  • @Alphabeter
    @Alphabeter 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Proud father of a Staple's shopper

    • @SecondTake123
      @SecondTake123 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂

    • @faisal3398
      @faisal3398 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      No! They almost killed Dunder Mifflin!

  • @JosefCreations
    @JosefCreations 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Bruh, if we just get rid of all companies, we can just hunt and farm, and pedal bicycles for electricity and food.

    • @Park_Place
      @Park_Place 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Who provides the bicycles and generators?

    • @maestrulgamer9695
      @maestrulgamer9695 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Park_Place-No idea about the rest,but i can just build my own.