Amazon is the second largest private employer in the US, they seem to be fine with paychecks. I was just pointing out that buying Uber so you can deliver stuff is a phenomenally dumb idea, it would be cheaper to buy a company like FedEx that is valued by real assets and has proven capable at delivering stuff.
> With Uber they have a 24/7 flexible contractor workforce and physical interaction with millions of potential customers.
Amazon already does this and since Uber relies on contractors, they could sign up every driver in the country without paying a penny for Uber.
> Amazon could help them save a ton of money by moving their infrastructure onto AWS and reduce their marketing spend by promoting it on their properties.
Uber also already uses AWS. Getting paid for it seems better than spending billions to not get paid?
tl;dr I don't think Amazon buys either company, but there is no way in hell they buy Uber.