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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: 0s | 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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Frieren ◴[14 Nov 24 09:27 UTC] No.42134462[source]▶
Regulate it.

Asking Amazon to do something makes little sense. Create laws that force Amazon, and all the rest, to respect their users money. By default, corporations will do what makes them money, not what is ethical or good for the economy.

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briandear ◴[14 Nov 24 09:34 UTC] No.42134491[source]▶
You trust the government far too much. Regulated industries always end up costing the consumer more. See: medical care and education for examples.
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1. ivan_gammel ◴[14 Nov 24 09:39 UTC] No.42134523[source]▶
One of the most American things you’ll ever hear. No, regulation doesn’t cost more. In Germany education is essentially free (yes, I know, we pay it from taxes — it costs German taxpayers less than it costs American students). Healthcare kind of the same: we pay for insurance and then only occasionally have co-payments for extras, but costs again are much lower than in USA.
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3. kaycey2022 ◴[15 Nov 24 02:27 UTC] No.42143438[source]▶
Funny how no one these days says, “in the uk healthcare is free”. I wonder how much longer till “x in Germany” falls in that bracket.