Focusing shift to AI isn't the only, or even the main reason they cut so many jobs. The truth is, we aren't buying because we're broke, and we're afraid to use our credit cards, so sales are down.
Also, this is just the beginning.
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These layoffs primarily affected AWS, and AWS is where Amazon makes the most of their money. Like, almost all of it.
Love to demolish 30 years of accrued institutional knowledge to save a few bucks at a multi-trillion dollar company.
Amazon isn't doing this because of AI, that's just Amazon PR glazing up Wall Street with the hope of finally getting the stock to go up. It's been flat YoY, so they think saying that it's cause of AI will make line go up. It didn't work in October, and it's not gunna work this time.
Amazon Cuts 16,000 Jobs Globally As ~~Focus Shifts To AI.~~ customers abandon the platform en mass.
Good time to stop giving this evil company your money
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