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Re:AWS: Inaccurate Estimated Billing Data - $1.7 BILLION by marksk on Friday July 17, 2026 @06:40AM (#48945643)
logged in this morning to find a bill of $595 Billion... heart rate went through the roof... then I noticed the open issue, phew! nice one guys... you got me there...

But with AWS costs rising anyway (not by that much but OK), I'm probably not the only one to start reconsidering their cloud strategy. I think this might have just pushed me over the edge.

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Re:AWS: Inaccurate Estimated Billing Data - $1.7 BILLION by sshine on Friday July 17, 2026 @06:56AM (#48945775)
Even though it's just a bug, being charged $595B on a platform that is known to cost spike, reminds us that we're not in control of the platform, or our company's expenses.
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Re:AWS: Inaccurate Estimated Billing Data - $1.7 BILLION by fullstop on Friday July 17, 2026 @03:01PM (#48951038)
Even if it was 595 billion, that sounds like their problem.

"If you owe your bank manager a thousand pounds, you are at his mercy. If you owe him a million pounds, he is at yours."

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