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Re:Avoid Surprise Bills from AWS by slimsag on Monday November 08, 2021 @05:00PM (#29154818)
Isn't this DigitalOcean's whole business model, basically?
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Re:Avoid Surprise Bills from AWS by Havoc on Monday November 08, 2021 @05:30PM (#29155132)
Yeah. There are lots of hard capped options...just not among the big clouds. Which is fair

I just don't get why the big 3 haven't tried to undercut their competition with this.

It's a very easy way to attract casual dabblers and enthusiasts to your platforms

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Re:Avoid Surprise Bills from AWS by slimsag on Monday November 08, 2021 @07:03PM (#29156016)
Arguably, casual dabblers is what gets you increased support costs and does not land the big contracts. I wouldn't be surprised if AWS and GCP _intentionally_ do not do this because they'd rather focus on large enterprises "who are willing to foot the bill"
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