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> It is baffling why cloud providers don't have that option. ...is it? If a lazy dev leaves their corporate account open and you can bill it for their negligen
by uoaei 6y ago
> It is baffling why cloud providers don't have that option.
...is it? If a lazy dev leaves their corporate account open and you can bill it for their negligence, protected by the contract you already signed, you earn a lot of money. From a purely business perspective, it is stupid(!) to provide a stopgap for that.
Edit: to be clear I am not advocating one way or the other. But it is surprising that people are "baffled" by this obvious profit optimization.
- camjohnson26 6y agoGoogle is around a trillion dollar company, your $75,000 is a completely immaterial amount to them. Not to mention it would be a one time payment that would drive away customers and lead to bad PR like this post.
- AntiImperialist 6y agoExcept Google has 4 million customers. If 1% of their customers made a 75k mistake, they make 3 billion dollars.
- uoaei 6y agoSo... where else are you going to go if you don't like these policies? If everyone has this policy, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and the rest are in a good place. And suddenly it's the "industry standard." This hypothetical is already enacted today...