This is a myth that has been repeated far too often. Amazon had made no move on MongoDB _until MongoDB started using the SSPL_. No hosted-MongoDB, no MongoDB-derived products, nothing.

MongoDB Inc. instead went after much smaller companies, like mLab, holding their future hostage and thus strong-arming them to sell themselves to MongoDB Inc. a short while before they announced the monopolistic license change that would have effectively shut those small companies down anyway.

Frankly, I'm tired of hearing this myth. MongoDB would like you to believe they were David in a fight against Goliath — PR and marketing have always been their strong suit — but they were quite happy playing Goliath themselves while pointing fingers at imaginary Goliaths.