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by crop_rotation 144 days ago
This is like asking why are people buying so much stuff from a company that was founded as compiler/language tool seller. How much compiler do they need.

The above would be Microsoft for context. For some reason your comment assumes that what a company was "founded as" should dictate what they do decades later.

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I think you've just explained how compounding wealth made Jeff Bezos rich.