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I'm sure that was a commercial decision, not a technical one. They could be running Glacier storage at cost (or even a slight loss). But they make their profi
by cpayne 11y ago
I'm sure that was a commercial decision, not a technical one.
They could be running Glacier storage at cost (or even a slight loss).
But they make their profit when you try to get your data out.
I'm not implying anything nefarious - more along the lines that Amazon (could have!) looked at the market and compared demand to what they were offering. Then found something that scratched an itch...
- boulos 11y agoIn most of these cases, the technical decisions impact the commercial. If writing megabytes were "technically" cheaper than reading, you can either choose to pass that cost onto customers or simplify the pricing model assuming some read-to-write ratio. They didn't just set the prices (or the pricing model) to amuse themselves. Disclaimer: I work on Compute Engine.