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https://www.allthingsdistributed.com/2023/07/building-and-op...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/07/google-starts-blocking-use...
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-aurora-dsql-is-now-g...
US sanctions against Huawei mean that they can't sign a renewal.
https://ir.netflix.net/investor-news-and-events/financial-re...
SoftBank to Acquire Ampere for $6.5B in Cash
"After your move away from AWS services, within the 60-day period, you must delete all remaining data and workloads from your AWS account, or you can close your AWS account."
So egress charges are still a significant problem.
https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/faqs/#Data_transfer_fees_when_mov...
For example, the UK NHS Spine messaging system which has been building on Riak for 10 years
https://riak.com/posts/press/nhs-launches-upgraded-it-backbo...
What's interesting about it?
Google for example does exactly this.
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In the UK government services go through information security classification to determine what level of security is needed, with the most confidential stuff still being self-hosted.
I assume most countries operate that way.
Then the insurance company grabs the vehicle registration number when you ask for a quote and looks up the VIN on their side based on a security database to prevent resale of stolen cars or similar.
Anonymous data becomes identifiable data...
The cost for a 30 day / 25GB sim that works in dozens of countries is $22. I think at that rate, $1.95 per day doesn't feel particularly exceptional?