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Re:Ask HN: Any AWS billing issues known? Amazon forecast of ... by Hamuko on Friday July 17, 2026 @09:29AM (#48947173)
Reminds me of the time a Robinhood user killed themselves after Robinhood erroneously showed their account balance at -$730k.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55990461

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Re:Ask HN: Any AWS billing issues known? Amazon forecast of ... by noisy_boy on Friday July 17, 2026 @09:52AM (#48947423)
In that case, they settled with Robinhood and FINRA fined Robinhood 70 million dollars.

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/01/business/robinhood-lawsui...

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Re:Ask HN: Any AWS billing issues known? Amazon forecast of ... by dymk on Friday July 17, 2026 @01:04PM (#48949632)
"They" being the family; Robinhood couldn't settle with the guy who was wronged because he, ya know, killed himself first
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