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> If your AWS is small there is no real motive to look for alternatives. Just stick with the brand you know. Lots of reasons. Maybe you want a vastly simpler
by dukeyukey 2y ago
> If your AWS is small there is no real motive to look for alternatives. Just stick with the brand you know.
Lots of reasons. Maybe you want a vastly simpler interface and feature set. Maybe AWS doesn't offer servers in your country, and you've got sensitive data. Maybe the US is threatening your country with economic warfare, and you want to move away from US services.
- graemep 2y agoI agree that those are good reasons. In my experience most people do not care about the simpler interface and feature set. They will put extra time into working with AWS or hiring an AWS expert rather than use something simpler. One reason is that non-technical management think something with a web UI is always simpler than doing things on the command line. My favourite AWS service is Lightsail because it lets me ignore the rest of it and keep things simple. People do care about the other two reasons, but only if there is an immediate risk. Most people only care about keeping sensitive data within their country if the law requires it, so that would only be a problem if you are in a country which has such laws, they apply to you with no loopholes, enforces them, and no AWS servers. Smaller companies will not plan for economic warfare unless it is an immediate risk - i.e. sanctions (there are only a few countries that are completely sanctioned). The article is about Nigeria and AWS has no presence in Nigeria (and very little presence elsewhere in Africa) so there is probably more demand for alternatives there. In most of the world they do.