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>>mdp202+(OP)
Amazon is not a secret weapon, poison pill maybe?

This is a company that is actively shooting itself in the foot on all fronts and by the time they realize it’s gone too far they won’t be able to turn the ship fast enough.

>>Action+qY1
People desperately want Amazon to be failing but it just isn't. They made 30 billion in profit in 2023. The rumors of Amazon's demise are greatly exaggerated.

>>BadHum+x02
Yes, yes, unified billing and security generally make up for how much Amazon's technical offerings suck donkey balls and those network effects are why we let them get away with pushing such god awful product. We all know how this works. We don't have to like it.

>>schmid+v92
I know we'll never know the answer, but I'd love to see a break down of AWS billings from expensive misconfiguration of cloud settings. After the recent Accident Forgiveness post from an AWS competitor it does seem like an area that AWS happily accepts. Small bootstrapped start up hires a 3rd party "expert" suggested directly by AWS to be experts. The 3rd party doesn't actually know everything and causes a 3000x increase in monthly cloud expense. Small startup uses their paid AWS support which resolves the expensive issue in under 10 minutes. The 3000x increased bill is still due. </rant> That's a story as old as time (of cloud), but it's gotta be a nice way to earn bonus for product managers