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The problem with using managed services is you dump a ton of time making a solution that uses their custom APIs, and then you can be held for ransom to them bec
by orev 4y ago
The problem with using managed services is you dump a ton of time making a solution that uses their custom APIs, and then you can be held for ransom to them because they can keep raising the price and you have nowhere to go. Having alternatives that are API compatible is a great way to ensure competition and protect against this.
- nikita 4y agoThis is precisely right. Another point is that separation of storage and compute is decisively the right architecture for the cloud. Large cloud providers build their own implementation of this architecture which fragments the ecosystem. Having a canonical open source implementation just makes sense.
- smitty1e 4y agoOne specific issue is data exfiltration. Cloud providers can turn into a Hotel California when the tera- and petabyte costs for liberating one's assets are calculated.