> Similar story for cloud services, we've seen startups burn through 100K in AWS credits before they even launch a product. I've seen and experienced this too

> Similar story for cloud services, we've seen startups burn through 100K in AWS credits before they even launch a product. I've seen and experienced this too many times already. And AWS knows how to play that game better than startups. By the time credits run out the startup is so locked in to AWS there is no way out and then the big invoices start coming in.