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[–] oppy1984@lemdro.id 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My guess, the CFO showed that using AWS saves the company a few cents to a fraction of a cent per what ever unit they measure by. Those few cents to a fraction of a cent add up when multiplied by the millions or hundreds of millions of units and that savings makes the CEO look like they are more profitable and can give shareholders more profit.

When everything is about the quarterly results and the need to always show growth so the board and shareholders don't fire you, you'll cut corners and take the risk, as long as it has the potential to make you look good.

[–] Nikls94@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Bro casually and respectfully explaining enshittification over here.

[–] oppy1984@lemdro.id 5 points 1 day ago

I'm dead tired and can't think of a way to say this without sounding arrogant, seriously my brain is fried right now, so I'll just say I take that as a compliment and thank you.

[–] ManOMorphos@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago

Airlines were one of the first to enshittify this way in the modern age. I think a lot of the current executives took this story to heart IMO.