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Yes. A few years ago, was all-in for the cloud. Today, we have way too many examples of the cloud providers shutting down people they disagree with, for reaso
by dublin 5y ago
Yes. A few years ago, was all-in for the cloud. Today, we have way too many examples of the cloud providers shutting down people they disagree with, for reasons that usually have nothing to do with terms of service. Given the rapidly expanding judgment of speech that is deemed "unacceptable", this is a real problem for everyone, not just conservative or free speech sites.
One example of many: America's Frontline Doctors, famous for their dissemination of factual information about Hydroxychloroquine and Ivermectin for Covid treatment, had their hosting pulled by AWS just a few weeks back, despite the ever-growing evidence that their stance is scientifically supported. (And I don't care if they were lying their butts off, AWS still shouldn't have pulled their hosting.)
Cloud services offer awesome leverage, which is a huge advantage, but anyone relying on them for their business or organization to operate is being completely irresponsible.
- ledgerdev 5y ago> Completely agree. I am so disheartened with how co-workers don't seem to take any issue with the aws service suspensions. They are just like oh well, it won't ever happen to us and they must have deserved it. New rule for myself when designing any system now is no cloud vendor lock in allowed.