Comment by tux3

Comment by tux3 5 days ago

6 replies

That is price segmentation. People who are price insensitive will not invest the time to fix it

People who are probably shouldn't be on aws - but they usually have to for unrelated reasons, and they will work to reduce their bill.

nbngeorcjhe 5 days ago

> People who are price insensitive will not invest the time to fix it

This just sounds like a polite way of saying "we're taking peoples' money in exchange for nothing of value, and we can get away with it because they don't know any better".

  • robertlagrant 5 days ago

    It's more like: we made loads of stuff super cheap but here's where we make some money because it scales with use.

  • amenghra 5 days ago

    Price segmentation happens all the time in pretty much every industry.

    • hinkley 5 days ago

      There’s an entire Pandora’s box of shitty things that happen in pretty much every industry. I don’t think you want to use that defense.

happytoexplain 5 days ago

>People who are price insensitive will not invest the time to fix it

Hideous.