AWS switch from gzip to zstd – about 30% reduction in compressed S3 storage

Re:AWS switch from gzip to zstd – about 30% reduction in com... by ddorian43 on Saturday August 20, 2022 @05:28AM (#32530677)

Google/Azure should compress and pass the savings back to the customer..

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Re:AWS switch from gzip to zstd – about 30% reduction in com... by midasuni on Saturday August 20, 2022 @07:26AM (#32531167)

Well if they figure they will get more customers to offset lower profits they’ll reduce the price. On the other hand if they think they can double the price but only lose 10% of customers they’ll do that

It’s econ101, the cost of providing the service doesn’t really factor into the price charged, what does factor in is the cost of alternatives (storage from azure, backblaze, on prem, not doing it), and the risks (increase s3 costs and people might realise they are being ripped off on ec2)

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Re:AWS switch from gzip to zstd – about 30% reduction in com... by eru on Saturday August 20, 2022 @11:42AM (#32532843)

Yes. The cost of providing the service only factors indirectly into the price charged: via competition.

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Re:AWS switch from gzip to zstd – about 30% reduction in com... by seydor on Saturday August 20, 2022 @05:34AM (#32530699)

I'm not holding my breath

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