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Re:The $1k AWS Mistake by umanwizard on Wednesday November 19, 2025 @09:27AM (#45979896)
Yes, delete things in reverse order of their creation time until the cap is satisfied (the cap should be a rate, not a total)
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Re:The $1k AWS Mistake by maccard on Wednesday November 19, 2025 @10:08AM (#45980489)
I would put $100 that within 6 months of that, we'll get a post on here saying that their startup is gone under because AWS deleted their account because they didn't pay their bill and didn't realise their data would be deleted.

> (the cap should be a rate, not a total)

this is _way_ more complicated than there being a single cap.

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Re:The $1k AWS Mistake by umanwizard on Wednesday November 19, 2025 @11:07AM (#45981254)
> I would put $100 that within 6 months of that, we'll get a post on here saying that their startup is gone under because AWS deleted their account because they didn't pay their bill and didn't realise their data would be deleted.

The cap can be opt-in.

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Re:The $1k AWS Mistake by maccard on Wednesday November 19, 2025 @11:26AM (#45981497)
> The cap can be opt-in.

People will opt into this cap, and then still be surprised when their site gets shut down.

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