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Re:Amazon threatens to suspend Signal's AWS account over cen... by illumin8 on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @10:32PM (#16973608)
Yes, but I don't think you're considering the significant direct cost to the owner of SOUQ.COM for DNS queries. If all of a sudden I get millions of extra DNS queries for my domain because Signal is using it to front their traffic to CloudFront, I might get a huge DNS bill.

Should any government coerce me into paying a large DNS bill just to sponsor freedom of speech? Even if it is a noble cause, we shouldn't coerce innocent 3rd parties into doing this.

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Re:Amazon threatens to suspend Signal's AWS account over cen... by surrealize on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @02:56AM (#16974729)
It's not a significant direct cost. Millions of extra DNS queries amounts to single-digit dollars (route 53 pricing).
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Re:Amazon threatens to suspend Signal's AWS account over cen... by tempestn on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @05:33AM (#16975326)
And the owner of souq.com isn't some random person; it's Amazon.
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