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I Followed the Official AWS Amplify Guide and Was Charged $1,100

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461 points thunderbong | 3 comments | 14 Nov 24 06:48 UTC | HN request time: 0.426s | source
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modernerd ◴[14 Nov 24 08:08 UTC] No.42134059[source]▶
"Billing alerts" are a joke, give us hard spend limits. Then offer a way to set those limits during onboarding.

Building a business on blank cheques and accidental spends is shady. It's also a large barrier to adoption. The more times devs see reports like, "I tried [random 20-minute tutorial] and woke up to a bill for my life's savings and luckily support waived the fee this one time but next time they're coming for my house", the less they'll want to explore your offerings.

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1. hnben ◴[14 Nov 24 09:37 UTC] No.42134517[source]▶
could you set a limit to the credit-card associated with the cloud service? Or would it still create costs after the limit has run out, which they would collect in other ways?
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2. benterix ◴[14 Nov 24 09:45 UTC] No.42134557[source]▶
No, setting a limit doesn't work. They will still try to charge you. A friend had a charge for $0.35 running for a year after his credit card expired. They closed his account later but would definitely come after you if the amount was significant.
3. scott_w ◴[14 Nov 24 13:45 UTC] No.42136081[source]▶
The latter: you've used the service so, even if your card rejected the payment, you'd still have a debt with your provider.