Many governments and large rich organizations already have this... so really AWS is just democratizing it. While I agree that's it's creepy af, it's not exactly

Many governments and large rich organizations already have this... so really AWS is just democratizing it. While I agree that's it's creepy af, it's not exactly new. Perhaps through this widening of access the stakes become more obvious and talked about (shining a light). Once a thousand startups are using this in a non-secretive way, maybe voters will wake up and demand regulation? It may be a side-effect, but Kudos to Amazon regardless if it does raise awareness.