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[–] 21 points 1 week ago (8 children)

As far as I can see, every company eventually becomes evil once it reaches critical mass. It's seemingly impossible to have a non-evil massive company; it's like an inevitable law of society.

Therefore, supporting non-evil businesses requires a constant engagement and dealing with small, inconvenient businesses. As soon as you get comfortable and in a routine, the business becomes profitable and popular, and really gets off the ground; you're done. You must cut all ties with that business and find a new, inconvenient, and small to medium business to trade with.

If we all stopped using AWS and started using something else, eventually it would become the same thing. It's strange and doesn't make much sense to me, though. I think it's a consequence of promoting greed in a currency-based society, but we don't exactly have any other case studies to compare against.

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  • [–] 9 points 6 days ago (4 children)

    If we all stopped using AWS

    The problem is most people don't even know when they are using a service that utilizes AWS.

    That choice is being made by unknown executives within companies that may otherwise be benign.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 days ago (1 child)

    I wonder if there's a way to block AWS connections at the network or http header level? Might be a cool idea

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  • [–] 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    If we all stopped using AWS and started using something else, eventually it would become the same thing.

    Eh. The cornerstone of most of these big firms is some amount of government or government-adjacent contracting.

    That's what makes them convenient. They adopt uniform integrations. They operate in bulk. They have enormous staff. You're nibbling around the edges of a much bigger and more complex system.

    The solution to Amazon isn't to patron some Mom-And-Pop retail frontend (that almost certainly also uses Amazon for shipping). It's to nationalize Amazon and incorporate it into the USPS.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 days ago* (1 child)

    AWS has nothing meaningful to do with USPS or shipping, but I agree it would be interesting if it was nationalized. A nationalized hyperscaler.. interesting

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  • [–] 4 points 6 days ago

    AWS has nothing meaningful to do with USPS or shipping

    AWS is the single largest provider of cloud commuting services across the US Public Sector, USPS included.

    But I was more referring to the Reverse Flow of Amazon Shipping, which takes heavy advantage of USPS last mile service, because this is the most expensive part of delivery.

    A nationalized hyperscaler… interesting

    Given the degree to which the state finances these businesses, it's sort of crazy we haven't nationalized them already.

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