Any reason why this isn't automatic? Perhaps it's a co-promotion for CloudWatch. I would guess quite a few of their users had never heard of or seen a use for

Any reason why this isn't automatic? Perhaps it's a co-promotion for CloudWatch. I would guess quite a few of their users had never heard of or seen a use for CloudWatch. Some of them might now enable "detailed monitoring" for $3.50/mo per instance while they're at it.