i have absolutely no idea how much my company is paying for AWS. I expect I will soon, but it’s a little alarming that this data is not readily available to me. I think I am not the only one in that boat.

For people who know very well? I think it’s not unlike interpersonal dynamics. Codependency looks very different from outside versus inside. It’s difficult to tell why your friend keeps investing in this bozo, coming up with ever more elaborate ways to manage them and their moods.

And over lunch a mutual friend will discuss how they might be better off with someone else, and once in a great while someone will ask if maybe So-and-so might not be better off alone.

AWS is a dishonest partner. They have decided that you not knowing how much this is going to cost you is a good thing, and give no evidence that they are willing to change. This is who they are. Do the good things about them make up for that kind of bad thing? I don’t think so. I think you should look for another partner. Maybe just something light, not a serious relationship. Or maybe try some alone time and see what that’s like.