This vicious lethal (effectively kills Parler) action by Amazon - driven by a mob of woke employees - will cause long term damage to AWS. I had plans to use AWS for a potentially huge SAAS business, even though it is not likely to be contentious, just the thought of them being able to destroy everything overnight, without due process, without recourse - sends chills down my spine. I cannot now imagine, being able to trust Amazon for critical infrastructure ever again and I'm sure many other entrepreneurs will feel similarly.
This is hyperbolic in the extreme, and to blame "woke employees" with everything going on right now is just plain silly.
When deciding whether to choose to host your services with AWS you can answer a simple question: are you planning on violating their terms of service? If the answer is yes, do not use AWS.
I'm just commenting on the decision to evict Parler from AWS, there were several news articles that it was employee driven maybe these reports are wrong, I don't know, the MSM is not exactly a reliable source of facts lately. I also don't see how Parler is responsible for the illegal behaviour of the rioters - surely the poor preparation by the security forces for a well publicised rally is more of a contributing factor than Parler.
This sounds like a reasoned moral choice for you and I applaud it. Some entrepreneurs will feel the same. And some would also be looking for providers other than AWS if they didn't hold Parler to the letter of their TOS in this case.
It is also true that AWS and all network providers exist within a societal context where the speech and actions of the participants can result in consequences. Where the line is drawn and why is a never ending tension. Very, very rarely is the extreme moral position universally true IMHO -- there is possibly content you would like kicked of AWS, and there will be poeple who can defend anything in the name of free speech. Good luck with the SAAS, and may your customers not be scoundrels!
I'm sure they'll survive. This is probably part of a calculation they have to ingratiate themselves with a group that can give them an order of magnitude more GovCloud business than you can public cloud.
Yeah, I just don't buy this at all. This has been the case with any hosting provider, unless you have a signed SLA guaranteeing you otherwise. The free market is free both ways.
They've always been able to. Its amusing that only now is this a concern when nothing has changed. Gcp has done the same for much less or nothing to people. Azure, do, linode, &c have always had their tos state that they can discontinue service for any reason.
This isn't some new threat. This is literally the way things have always been.
