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And if they don't like your politics, they simply pull the plug.
by notanzaiiswear 5y ago
And if they don't like your politics, they simply pull the plug.
- Cthulhu_ 5y agoYou mean morally indefensible politics and misinformation propaganda? Oh no. Anyway. I mean these politics are pushed by rich Americans and foreign interests, surely they have the means to start their own hosting platform. It's the same that advocate in favor of businesses rejecting customers because of free market.
- notanzaiiswear 5y agoI'm not saying Amazon shouldn't be free to do that. Just that you should think twice about trusting them with your business. No further comment on the specific political content - those sensibilities can change. Can your business adapt quickly enough?
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- BackBlast 5y agoThis doesn't seem to be as easily defined as you say. The new AWS group is more or less targeted at "avoid bad press" rather than "indefensible politics", whatever that is. Twitter mobs seem to be quite fickle to me and can just as easily eat their own as their usual fare. News outlets aren't a lot better, often following big enough gripe fests and piling on like the rest. It's not just based on particular politics. It can be any behavioral screw-up done by you or any employee, at any point in your life, real or perceived, that crosses the current cultural expectations. The surface area of risk is ridiculously huge.
- notanzaiiswear 5y agoIt gives activists another angle of attack on your business. If they can create enough of a scandal, Amazon might drop you to avoid bad press.
- BackBlast 5y agoI don't use any cloud service that isn't available at other vendors. This isn't my primary reason, but it is on the radar.