I take that for granted too, but it does seem like a dilemma for AWS. If instances rarely terminate, people psychologically rely upon them to remain running an

I take that for granted too, but it does seem like a dilemma for AWS. If instances rarely terminate, people psychologically rely upon them to remain running and end up getting careless. But it's distasteful to arbitrarily end people's instances every 7-10 days just to lower their expectations.