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It's not sustainable for them to offer, say, $30 an hour starting salary for fulfillment centre employees. As it is, they have to subsidize retail with other revenue lines like AWS and advertising.

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That implies their business is not viable.

"The conclusion is that Amazon is not a viable business"

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Didn’t say that. I just wanted to tease more out of the comment I was replying to. I said that comment if true, without further clarification implies they are not viable.

That is the design: business units that are not viable on their own are subsidized by a few cash cows but might gain market share and be profitable in the future

My guess is what you say here, and where the plan is AI/Robotics will take over. That in itself will be unprofitable for a while until it is very profitable and like Google with search, hard to displace.

You might be right but that isn't even what I'm saying here. Your description could apply to many sectors of the economy, most of which they have a some amount of presence in

Amazon is unique in that they are so big they saturate the job market. Most companies don’t. This sounds like a unique challenge.

Bozos simp.

He doesn't know who you are, doesn't care about you, and likely actively despises your existence.

Why would you ever think of defending a business?

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