I certainly understand that Amazon's interests are different from mine, and they are going to make offerings that are good for them. But the best offers are win-win, and a 3-year RI doesn't meet that bar. It's a bad offer for the customer, but masquerades as a good offer. Not unique in the world of business, "buyer beware" and all that of course. It was my bad for not fully appreciating the lock in and avoiding it.
Not necessarily. Some people won't want to move between server families anyway. It's up to the customer to figure out if what Amazon is offering is good for them or not.
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I certainly understand that Amazon's interests are different from mine, and they are going to make offerings that are good for them. But the best offers are win-win, and a 3-year RI doesn't meet that bar. It's a bad offer for the customer, but masquerades as a good offer. Not unique in the world of business, "buyer beware" and all that of course. It was my bad for not fully appreciating the lock in and avoiding it.
It's a bad offer for the customer
Not necessarily. Some people won't want to move between server families anyway. It's up to the customer to figure out if what Amazon is offering is good for them or not.