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Re:Amazon Lightsail 1GB Is No Match for $10 VPS from Linode, DO by divbit on Thursday December 15, 2016 @01:22AM (#13182839)
It could alternatively be framed that it benefits users who could learn some AWS through using their low-end stuff. (I guess AWS skills are probably desirable in the job market).

The obvious followup question: is lightsail the same interface / setup as normal AWS so that this would indeed work? or is it some sort of vastly simplified separate thing?

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Re:Amazon Lightsail 1GB Is No Match for $10 VPS from Linode, DO by balls187 on Thursday December 15, 2016 @01:46AM (#13182918)
Lightsail does require having an AWS account, and I do believe you still have to go through the same setup (verification, sign up with a credit card). But the interface to create machines is vastly simplified.

You choose either the base OS, or an app stack (like Nodejs, or LAMP), then the price you want to pay, then name the machine.

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