Re:ISPs complain that listing every fee is too hard, urge FC...
by thewildginger on Tuesday August 15, 2023 @06:31PM
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When you control the most common way to buy and sell goods personal goods in the western world, you control a lot more than the internet. You control everything else.
Re:ISPs complain that listing every fee is too hard, urge FC...
by krono on Tuesday August 15, 2023 @06:17PM
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Without meaning to imply anything, I do suppose that powering much of the western internet does indeed equal having much power over the internet.
Re:ISPs complain that listing every fee is too hard, urge FC...
by mr_toad on Tuesday August 15, 2023 @10:45PM
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I think you overestimate how much of the internet runs on AWS. In terms of websites itβs less than 10%. Their share of the overall cloud is about 35%.
Re:ISPs complain that listing every fee is too hard, urge FC...
by krono on Wednesday August 16, 2023 @08:36AM
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Perhaps, but you'll have to admit those numbers are far from insignificant and on top of that represent things that are rather more impactful than mere personal blogs such as even critical Dutch government services.
I know this is close to whataboutism so I will try to choose my words carefully, but does Amazon really have that much power over the Internet? Realistically Amazon does not have a large advert network, footing in mobile, operating systems or web browsers?
They have some control in the form of AWS/Route 53 but that's a far cry from some larger DNS, domain registrar and CDN providers.
Not denying that they have a lot of money, but even when using that money to try and buy a user base (Alexa or Fire Tablet/TV) their success has been pretty limited overall.