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.'"
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?
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.