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Re:Amazon LightSail: Simple Virtual Private Servers on AWS by mrob on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @01:52PM (#13073508)
Raise the price by the actual cost of keeping the resources suspended for a week multiplied by the estimated probability of it happening. If that week passes with no additional payment then delete everything. The additional cost doesn't have to be applied to unlimited liability accounts. What's so difficult about that? There's not much worse customer experience than massive unexpected debt. Outages and data loss are minor problems compared to potential starvation and homelessness.
Re:Amazon LightSail: Simple Virtual Private Servers on AWS by somecallitblues on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @03:02PM (#13074189)
Oh give me a break man. Starvation and homelessness. Deleting customers data is something you don't do. If they can't pay you can write off the bill. But people have committed suicides because of data loss. The parent post nailed it.
Re:Amazon LightSail: Simple Virtual Private Servers on AWS by mrob on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @03:43PM (#13074516)
People have committed suicide over debts too. I'm not suggesting Amazon gets rid of unlimited liability accounts, only that they give customers the choice.
Re:Amazon LightSail: Simple Virtual Private Servers on AWS by oh_sigh on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @04:26PM (#13074834)
If you're going to commit suicide if you lose your data, perhaps you shouldn't rely on the graciousness of a third party to save your data for free.
Re:Amazon LightSail: Simple Virtual Private Servers on AWS by michaelmrose on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @10:25PM (#13076965)
I think financial ruin was the reason not data loss.
Re:Amazon LightSail: Simple Virtual Private Servers on AWS by joe563323 on Thursday December 01, 2016 @01:14AM (#13077563)
> But people have committed suicides because of data loss.

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