That's pretty cynical. AWS is a ball of complexity because it grew organically that way, and they don't have a culture of explaining, or, keeping things simple

That's pretty cynical. AWS is a ball of complexity because it grew organically that way, and they don't have a culture of explaining, or, keeping things simple. Both of those things would require strong strategic guidance, and a real effort to do. Unless Bezos edicts: "Our APIs must remain simple even as they scale, and we must document in a manner that keeps the 80% common path easy to use, while the remaining 20% arcane functionality available ..." then it would happen. But it won't. It's reasonably well curated arbitrary complexity, it is what it is. This is not an issue anyone handles well.