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> for AWS/GC/Azure is that no matter how big you are, unless you are Netflix or Snapchat you are still a very small customer which means that AWS/GC/Azure organ
by justinmk 7y ago
> for AWS/GC/Azure is that no matter how big you are, unless you are Netflix or Snapchat you are still a very small customer which means that AWS/GC/Azure organization cares less about your happiness
That truism is often repeated, despite the fact that it contradicts Netflix's own strategy[1]:
> We would prefer to be an insignificant customer in a giant cloud.
[1] https://sink.io/jmk/selfish-cooperation https://sink.io/jmk/selfish-cooperation
- notyourday 7y agoNetflix may want to be a small fish in a big pond but its spend makes it a very large fish in a very small pond. This means that its problems are addressed first regardless of what kind of general rules the "cloud" has. One can see it everywhere -- the larger and the bigger the customer the more important it is.