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minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilink14•2 days agoThe problem is that the Washington Post is pocket change for Bezos. To hurt him, you need to move off AWS and stop buying from Amazon
minus-squareDrunemetonlinkEnglish5•2 days agoI’m paraphrasing here: About 200K people canceled their WaPo subs after they failed to endorse. Bezos made $400M in the stock surge that happened after Agent Orange was elected. So he made about $2K for every cancellation.
The problem is that the Washington Post is pocket change for Bezos. To hurt him, you need to move off AWS and stop buying from Amazon
There are other ways to hurt him.
Let’s-a-go!
I’m paraphrasing here: About 200K people canceled their WaPo subs after they failed to endorse. Bezos made $400M in the stock surge that happened after Agent Orange was elected.
So he made about $2K for every cancellation.