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Cloud computing gets cheaper all the time, why should you commit to spending a certain amount of money? This seems like just another way for AWS to increase ven
by dajonker 7y ago
Cloud computing gets cheaper all the time, why should you commit to spending a certain amount of money? This seems like just another way for AWS to increase vendor lock-in and profits through making complicated payment structures that make people believe they're better off.
- scarface74 7y agoThis was always the drawback of RIs. You had to risk that your instance type would get cheaper over the term of the reservation. Now your “risk” is that your business will shrink or that your spend will get so much cheaper over three years that you lose money. Getting a discount from a vendor if you commit to spend more over a period of years and signing long term contracts is standard practice. And despite all of the cries of “lock-in” at a certain scale, you’re always for all practical purposes, “locked in” to your infrastructure. Very few decision makers want to take on a migration that’s not part of a merger. The rewards are too slim and the risk of regressions are too high.