[karmasimida]

It is a deal to keep Stripe lock on AWS. Same with Slack, where Amazon agrees to adopt Slack internally in exchange for Slack to use AWS for video conferencing.

You got to give something in return. In this case I think both parties have something that the other side wants so why not?

[kotaKat]

Hell, Amazon bought a fairly not insignificant stake in a random no-name Korean handhelds company (Point Mobile). Their devices have been rolling out in FCs to replace Zebra handhelds left and right.

Though... that was also because their main handheld vendor (Zebra) bought their own warehouse robotics company, so a bit of a signal to Zebra that they don't play well when their partners become competitors.

https://renovotec.com/press/amazon-2nd-largest-shareholder-p... https://www.communicationstoday.co.in/koreas-point-mobile-ex...