i can no longer recommend AWS

[adison]

@jdaviescoates sure

[necrevistonnezr]

Since ARPU (average revenue per user) became a unit to measure business success, companies like AWS don’t want you anymore (or at least bank analysts tell them so) - you’re way to small in revenue to warrant a proper support. They want the big customers.

[adison]

@necrevistonnezr i believe ya, man

[marcusquinn]

@adison People choose big names when they don't want to do their own research. You're in better company here, because people do both research and share experience, we're like an unofficial system admins department for all our friends, families and clients. Welcome to the new world

[adison]

@marcusquinn cool.
and back then i thought AWS was reputable, because my cofounder decided it'd be a great idea to use it. personally, i didn't want to use it, but their firewall was pretty good.
and now this

[marcusquinn]

@adison Just imagine all the corporates that are now locked-in to proprietary "clouds" now.

[adison]

@marcusquinn mmhmm. and they really don't cair.
agreeeeeeeeeeed!
they seam to not cair though, because they're makin that GREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN money and don't really cair.
thats stupid

[RazielKanos]

not from a business perspective - if you cost them more when their make from you, they try to get rid of you. I noticed this often with my clients. If they use the support a lot, they tend to get kicked one way or the other. I have to admit, I had such a customer myself. He ran on a support flatrate, and we got about 3-5 calls every week, while other customers called us maybe once every 3-4 months.
I canceled his contract as well.

[timconsidine]

We all love to hate Amazon, and generally for very good reasons.
However they do have the right to target their services (and pricing) to their preferred audience.
They don't "owe" the little guy anything.
But what is strange (from my perspective) is that they entice lots of little guys in with Free Tier for a year. Then the pricing becomes high, but the little guys haven't thought about this and they feel trapped.
Of course, they're not trapped, but takes a lot long time to realise this.

[robi]

@timconsidine that's called bait-and-switch.

[adison]

@timconsidine yeah.
what i also found...strage, is that they make you pay more when you need technical support!
thats like going to your friend that knows about cars house, telling him hey, somethings wrong with my car, an he says, o i'll fix it, but uh, you gotta pay me monthly to ix it, something like that.
if i want support, and i'll have to pay for it, i'll consult 1 of my tech friends who can give me the support i need. i have a plan with them, it costs 0dollers a month.

[adison]

@RazielKanos hmmmm interesting

[adison]

sorry i have'nt been active in alomst a week