Prime Video Abandons Serverless Distributed Stack for Monolith, saves 90%

Re:Prime Video Abandons Serverless Distributed Stack for Mon... by tough on Thursday May 04, 2023 @05:56AM (#35813170)

Seems a bit of a dark pattern to have shortcut to onboard and not offer the same shortcut to offboard.

Just like easy subscribe-online publications that will have you call during 2 hours with a rep pushing you discounts or whatever to cancel such subscription.

Just not cool

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Re:Prime Video Abandons Serverless Distributed Stack for Mon... by chrisweekly on Thursday May 04, 2023 @07:18AM (#35813738)

I'd characterize this asymmetry (convenient shortcut IN, standard export OUT) as a predictable, transparent, minor annoyance -- not a "dark pattern" representing deceptive or unethical practices.

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Re:Prime Video Abandons Serverless Distributed Stack for Mon... by tough on Thursday May 04, 2023 @09:47AM (#35815263)

OK. yeah maybe dark pattern was a too strong term for just the annoyance...

Just I'd try to stay away from amazon if I could

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