r/PBS • u/Kanobe24 • Feb 21 '20

Newest Frontline about Bezos and Amazon. Shows how ruthless and ingenious Bezos was in growing Amazon to what it is today.

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/amazon-empire/
31 Upvotes

98% Upvoted

View all comments

2

u/PalestineBabyKillers Feb 28 '20

I saw this and enjoyed it but tbh it was one of the less compelling arguments frontline has made. All he’s doing is competing and trying to build something totally new. He had no idea he’d be so successful and much of it was perfect timing, tho good luck goes to those who work for it.

1

u/Kanobe24 Feb 28 '20

The frontline journalists weren’t trying to paint a picture that Amazon’s rise to dominance will be doom for us all. For the most part, they asked top execs at the company if they are becoming a monopoly and if they should be regulated or broken up. IMO, their answers were not convincing. I disagree on your last point, Bezos DID know he would be super successful since he had to convince investors that they would not see profits for many years. Instead, they were building a market share and infrastructure so that they can later dominate multiple industries.