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AWS outage shows internet users 'at mercy' of too few providers, experts say (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world 16 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

There are plenty of providers out there though. Lazy/cheap companies just decided to go the "easy" route with AWS, which is understandable considering its fairly simple to do so.

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

This is very US centric

The risks of using a US MSP are usually too great to justify it in many companions

[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I’ve used AWS and tons of other platforms both personally and professionally. Honestly I find AWS to be bloated, cumbersome and overly difficult to configure compared to competitors. I just don’t get why companies are so in love with AWS.

[–] Womble@piefed.world 1 points 6 days ago

Name recognition, and the fact that no one will blame you for picking the most popular option if things all go wrong.