ofc. When things go viral they say "yes". But i would really love to get some number how many students and hobbiests got a 1k-2k bill and just paid it for the problem to go away.
Amazon is a publicly traded company. If they wave fees every time something goes wrong, investors would tell them something.
Have you read one even anecdotal case where AWS didn’t immediately give a refund to a student who made a mistake just by them asking?
I haven’t even seen reports on subreddits
By the way, there is nothing stopping AWS from reversing their trend of issuing refunds for big mistakes. "It hasn't happened in the past" isn't a great way to argue "it won't happen in the future."
They give you the tools. It’s up to you to use them. If that’s too difficult, use the AWS LightSail services where you are charged a fixed price and you don’t have to worry about overages or the new free tier
Because despite what everyone here is saying, before July of this year, there was no such thing as a free tier of AWS, there was a free tier of some of their services
If it is so easy to set up these automations, Amazon can easily set up this automation for you. Ask yourself why they don't.