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Mar 15 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
I'm reasonably sure that the cautions against using @googlecloud will at *least* offset the revenue boost they get from today's price hike. 🫤
I'm usually right there with @patio11 singing the Charge More Song, but cloud services are very much a special case here...
I'd have had more respect for a "we are raising prices" headline instead of burying the lede here. It doesn't breed trust. Let's continue!
Hoo boy, if you read this and think you're going to see a price *decrease* then you just fell off the turnip truck this morning, didn't you...
This is focusing on the customer not in the "I want to give you what you're asking for" sense, but rather focusing on them in the "you have nipples, and I'm deeply interested in figuring out how I can best milk you" sense.
Holy SHIT, grabbing data from their S3 equivalent within a region now costs at least 2¢ per GB!

Well, it's definitely differentiated from AWS pricing. YIKES.

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Mar 16
Honestly, @awscloud giving self-taught learners free sandbox AWS accounts that are heavily restricted is a great thing for most people.

In my case it's like strapping raw meat to your chest right before you climb into the zoo enclosure to fuck around with the tigers.
Don't worry, if I run the AWS training and certification team's AWS bill into the stratosphere they can either ask for a concession from @AWSSupport or else engage The @DuckbillGroup for help!
"You know we monitor these for misuse, right?"

"Your version of 'misuse' is calibrated towards 'I use the account to mine cryptocurrency,' not 'I'm gaining nothing, but running up the AWS billing score.'"

"...I have to go make a phone call."
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I'm tempted to do a Twitch livestream or something, but I feel old so instead this may be a very sad Twitter thread... Image
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Feb 18
Thank you for subscribing to this thread of Amazon #SpheresFacts!
There are over 40,000 plants inside the Amazon Spheres, three quarters of which can run containers in some form or another.
The first plant in the Amazon Spheres was an Australian Tree Fern from the UW Botany greenhouse.

At any company but Amazon it would have been named "the OW Botany Greenhouse Tree Fern" instead, but their names are always peculiar.
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Feb 16
In today's episode of "ways Amazon is attempting to scam customers," the default option for a book purchase I was attempting to make is apparently to instead rent it. Caught it in time to cancel the order.

This is increasingly a company whose best days are behind it.
I miss the days when the bookstore part of Amazon was focused on adding value to the customer instead of literal rent-seeking.

"Triple check that you're buying what you THINK you're buying" was never something I had to concern myself with.
Note that the buyout price that they emailed me was significantly more than the price to purchase outright.

As a customer, how do you imagine I feel looking at this? Do you believe this earns trust? Do you think I'm likely to spend MORE with Amazon now?
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Feb 15
With zero commentary on the technology itself, in this thread I’m going to bring web3 culture to @awscloud concepts.
Every API call you make becomes a chargeable transaction.
Every time you mention a few key terms you'll get @AWSSupport lookalikes replying instantly with sketchy Google Doc forms claiming to be the support portal and demanding your credentials. Twitter will do nothing about this.
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