Unlikely. The "loophole" GCP patched was that you can use GCS to transfer data between regions on the same continent for free. This is already non-free on AWS.

Unlikely. The "loophole" GCP patched was that you can use GCS to transfer data between regions on the same continent for free. This is already non-free on AWS. What OP mentioned is that transferring data between availability zones *in the same region* also costs $0.02 per GB and can be worked around.