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These days, the formal difference between the two is really hard to grasp, and mostly depends on which way accountants find they’ll pay less taxes.

There is no point nitpicking someone because they used one term instead of the other: Bezos’ fortune is derived from Amazon’s activity, and the rest of us has no interest in changing our vocabulary to abide by some obscure tax code rule.




It wouldn't be a proper HN comment if it didn't nitpick a single word in an entire article.




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