In fairness, Amazon also charges for more than basic DDoS protection: https://aws.amazon.com/shield/pricing/ https://aws.amazon.com/shield/pricing/ but regard

In fairness, Amazon also charges for more than basic DDoS protection: https://aws.amazon.com/shield/pricing/ https://aws.amazon.com/shield/pricing/ but regardless, the EGRESS charges are what are absurd. The only logical reason for charging so much for data exiting is to make sure that you can't practically leave the AWS ecosystem.