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Amazon has a strong triple moat according to Ben thompson's exponent podcast. A moat around a moat around a moat. Its unbeatable.

Network effects, AWS, data, large distribution, tv network, alexa and finally customers love it.

They are getting into ad business now and they also do the amazon basics. They even have an amazon clothing label in India.

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> and finally customers love it.

I think this expresses everything that's wrong about a lot of other companies. And if they can't figure this out, they deserve to fail. How this can even be considered a "moat"? You'd think customer trust/experience should be at the root of good business, especially repeat business.

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