And the response was clearly questioning the argument put in favor of that point, thus making the point itself questionable.

It's a strange world when a startup that was just founded 2 years ago and is steadily growing [0][1][2], is considered a failure because they haven't already wiped out a 22-year-old goliath that has had a long history of struggling to break even, and operates in several other markets (AWS, Streaming Video, Devices, etc) that aren't this startup's main focus.

[0] https://www.snapagency.com/blog/jet-com-vs-amazon-mean-ecomm...

[1] https://www.internetretailer.com/2016/04/15/jetcom-predicts-...

[2] http://time.com/money/4337044/jet-com-lowest-prices-amazon-w...