I can't say I was surprised by Amazons actions, but somewhat by their motivation behind those actions. I think this should serve as a wake up call for founders

I can't say I was surprised by Amazons actions, but somewhat by their motivation behind those actions. I think this should serve as a wake up call for founders who maybe to easily trust a third party with essential parts of their business. As the real question should be what happens when a special interest group pressures Amazon to take down your startup? Do you have external backup?, is your codebase adapted to Amazon? etc. I think it's in the interest of all service providers to be seen as just only a service provider. There was quite a big discussion about this in Sweden several years ago which made Bahnhof start the "integrity" initiative[1]. This is, among other things, why Wikileaks have been hosted in Sweden for a long time. [1] http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=sv&sl=sv&tl=en&u=http://integrity.st/ http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=sv&sl=sv&tl...