Today, Amazon is a global e-commerce giant, selling a wide variety of products and offering services like streaming music and video 🎵📺

And through AWS and Whole Foods, the company has also expanded into areas like cloud computing and grocery stores, respectively 🌩️🏪

But Amazon has faced its share of challenges, including criticism over its treatment of warehouse workers and antitrust concerns 🧑‍💼🏛️

In 2002 and 2007, Amazon faced claims of “censorship” for removing books without authors' notice 📚

In 2011, Amazon tried to take on Apple 🍎

So, they launched the Amazon Fire Phone which turned out to be chaos - the press and the people hated it 🔥

Amazon decided to go back to the e-commerce market, but then ran into an issue with tax avoidance practices 🤔

Even in foreign countries where they had lots of workers and hubs 🏛️

In 2017, Amazon partnered with the U.S. government providing cloud computing services, including to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which was criticized by many 🛩️

In addition, delivery, factory and warehouse employees have continued to have poor working conditions and have been discouraged from unionizing 🔨

Amazon’s labor treatment continues to face criticism, but since customers rely on the low prices thanks to low wages, few things have changed since 2019 🤷

Despite these challenges, Amazon has continued to thrive and innovate, becoming one of the most successful and influential companies in the world 💰