[malfist]

Twitch would probably be profitable if it wasn't required to:

* Pay retail prices for AWS

* Required to use AWS

But of course, Amazon's CEO (ex-AWS CEO) sees no problem with raiding the coffers of a subsidiary to boost AWS's profit. And blaming them for it.

[oldsklgdfth]

> Pay retail prices for AWS

Is this actually the case for Twitch? How are they different from any other Amazon team using AWS?

[viraptor]

Even if they didn't get internal discount, there's no way they pay retail as in advertised prices. At that size AWS itself would likely want bandwidth commitment for a longer period too.

[rescbr]

Twitch rans on a separate network. Bulk traffic is not on AWS.

[DanielHB]

At that size AWS has custom contracts even with non-subsidiaries

[lupusreal]

My information is some years old, but last I heard other teams at Amazon do at least keep track of what their retail AWS costs would be.