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In other words, they are socializing the costs. Servers and electricity aren't free. Wouldn't it be better for the customer if they had no accident forgiveness
by joshfraser 2y ago
In other words, they are socializing the costs. Servers and electricity aren't free. Wouldn't it be better for the customer if they had no accident forgiveness and passed those cost savings along? Instead, you are paying for other peoples mistakes plus all the extra overhead caused from fraud that they incentivized.
- tptacek 2y agoNo, it would be worse if we "passed these cost savings along".
- trjordan 2y agoThe servers are already bought; the electricity cost is negligible for actual accidents. As mentioned in the post: the hosting providers don't actually pay marginal costs for transient mistakes, so neither should honest customers.
- joshfraser 2y agoAnd what about the extra costs fighting fraud now that they've advertised this policy?
- DAlperin 2y agoWe have to invest in fighting fraud and abuse anyway, such is the public cloud business. We don't intend to diminish user experience in service of fighting it.