Comment on Amazon is forcibly upgrading Prime members to Alexa Plus, and users are not happy
halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoSubscription info is definitely part of the information provided to investors. The raw numbers may not be in the financial documents, but revenue from subscriptions most definitely is and will give a general idea of changes even if the company doesn’t give the numbers directly.
null@piefed.nullspace.lol 2 weeks ago
Right, but again, if they’re that birds-eye-view, then the bump in subs in one spot is negated by the drop in the other and the net result they’re looking at is what they care about.
halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Shareholders are dumb panicky creatures. As long as the numbers aren’t terrible and you say some nice things most of them take it as gospel.
Spinning shit as a positive is a full time career in the corporate world after all.
null@piefed.nullspace.lol 2 weeks ago
Right, but I’m saying the “numbers” aren’t influenced by this.
halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
They are as far as the shareholders are concerned if Amazon is telling them about different tiers of subscription. The bullshit the company spins is just as, if not more, important than the raw numbers. Especially when companies only report mandated info and the raw numbers they’re referencing aren’t disclosed for comparison.
Statistics is the art of making up a narrative you want to show via numbers, and finding a way to say it exists regardless of reality.