A few things have changed since you left, it has to be said! There is no need to apologize - you weren't involved in the later stuff.

Amazon has been wildly successful in most financial measures, so surely you can claim some bragging rights for that.

As a monster ... ... yes it is. Awesome for consumers? Perhaps. Nightmare for almost everyone else? Again - perhaps.

I'll drop this now, its a glass half full/empty type discussion and way too involved for now. I will suggest you might take pride in being in there at the start and having a hand in creating a unicorn that went full on pegasus.