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You should pay to check whether the message is available because your requests cost Amazon money. That way, if you don't care to poll frequently, you won't be f
by seregine 18y ago
You should pay to check whether the message is available because your requests cost Amazon money. That way, if you don't care to poll frequently, you won't be forced to pay some average price that's driven up by other users who do need to poll often. In fact, this is more fair.
Disclaimer: I used to work at AWS, though it was 2+ years ago and I didn't work on SQS.
- jonallanharper 18y agoIt is fair. If it wasn't fair, it doesn't matter ... it's their product, and it doesn't infringe on anyone else's life/liberty/property. They are also free to trade their services under whatever conditions they wish. Currently that is ... may not be long before a bunch of idiot collectivists (like this blogger) seek to curb others freedom b/c of a lack of understanding of basic economics and an irrational desire for everyone to be altruistic. Let me guess dear blogger ... I bet Amazon's being "greedy" as well. Oh the humanity!
- kirubakaran 18y agoAmazon Shrugged?