Amazon seems to be trying to build a 100% proprietary global mainframe that runs everywhere.
Up side: ease of use, ubiquity, big backer, scalability, etc.
Down side: absolute lock-in of everything to Amazon, privacy nightmare, and if Amazon screws up the world grinds to a halt.
I predict their next move to be building their own fiber between all their data centers, effectively creating a proprietary managed Internet that they can defend against DDOS and similar attacks. Then they can also start partnering with ISPs, sidelining the mainstream Internet and pushing their own proprietary one.
Up side: ease of use, ubiquity, big backer, scalability, etc.
Down side: absolute lock-in of everything to Amazon, privacy nightmare, and if Amazon screws up the world grinds to a halt.
I predict their next move to be building their own fiber between all their data centers, effectively creating a proprietary managed Internet that they can defend against DDOS and similar attacks. Then they can also start partnering with ISPs, sidelining the mainstream Internet and pushing their own proprietary one.