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Re:AWS bill capping feature request thread still unanswered ... by toomanybeersies on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @05:09AM (#26709717)
Is there any record of Amazon going after people (and not companies) for unpaid bills?

More often than not, I hear stories about how AWS support zeroed out the bill instead.

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Re:AWS bill capping feature request thread still unanswered ... by matkoniecz on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @05:43AM (#26709932)
"I may lose my home and all savings" is scary enough that just possibility of that happening legally is enough for me.
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Re:AWS bill capping feature request thread still unanswered ... by oliwarner on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @10:23AM (#26712109)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22719573 and the rest of that thread just makes me clench up.

As sibling reply also says, even if they do eventually zero it out, do you want to owe the richest guy on the planet $100k? He has law firms like you have pairs of socks.

Obviously everything I'm saying goes for unlimited-billing cloud infrastructure, where your customers (or your mistakes) generate cost out of view.

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