Folks proposing alternatives with math around operating cost don't seem to understand big company culture and incentives.
No Amazon executive built this service. At a massive company, products that have no champion owner at the executive level are destined to die.
The Amazon CEO doesn't fund passion projects. If an asset doesn't translate to billions in revenue and a roadmap to take over the world, it's off the radar. No executive will dare even bring this up because everyone knows it doesn't run at Amazon scale. It's lost in the noise.
No Amazon executive built this service. At a massive company, products that have no champion owner at the executive level are destined to die.
The Amazon CEO doesn't fund passion projects. If an asset doesn't translate to billions in revenue and a roadmap to take over the world, it's off the radar. No executive will dare even bring this up because everyone knows it doesn't run at Amazon scale. It's lost in the noise.