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That’s pretty much why during the downtime visit instagram.com showed a 503 from AWS instead.

• mschuster91 5y ago
  Wonder why they're still using AWS given that FB operates its own data centers...
  • mnordhoff 5y ago
    No idea. I'd speculate that it's some kind of historical reasons from before FB acquired IG.
    • hinkley 5y ago
      Could be that nobody thought to ask. If it was an oversight that'll be rectified shortly, now that everyone in the company knows about it.
  • hansel_der 5y ago
    probably a testimony to the cost of aws lock-in