> And if AWS hikes rates (or reduces discounts) on you once their algorithmic AI determines your switching cost exceeds the rate hike? > "Oh they would NEVER d

> And if AWS hikes rates (or reduces discounts) on you once their algorithmic AI determines your switching cost exceeds the rate hike? > "Oh they would NEVER do that" Interestingly, what you insinuate is exactly the opposite of actual reality when you look at what has happened over the years: things have gotten CHEAPER. Off the top of my head: - Lambdas are now billed per 1ms instead of per 100ms which will be a significant cost reduction for everyone using Lambda - EKS started at $200 / month for the cluster and is now at ~$72 / month - Each bump in EC2 instance generation is always cheaper for the same or more performance - DynamoDB added on-demand capacity which is at face value more expensive, but allows you to scale to 0 and will usually result in an overall cost reduction - This December they announced GP3 which can scale storage and IOPS independently allowing you to much cheaper scale up your needs for more IOPS without paying for TBs of unused storage and probably many many more.