Back then, it was enough to saturate the S3 metadata node for your bucket and then all AZs would be unable to service GET requests. And yes, this won't be fina

Back then, it was enough to saturate the S3 metadata node for your bucket and then all AZs would be unable to service GET requests. And yes, this won't be financially useful in every situation. But if the goal is to gain operational control, it's worthwhile nonetheless. That said, for a high-traffic API, you're paying through the nose for AWS egress bandwidth, so it is one of those cases where it also very much makes financial sense.