Upgrade AWS EKS or pay 500% more

[fawadkhaliq]

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/containers/amazon-eks-extended-support-for-kubernetes-versions-pricing/

[uf00lme]

600% more, 0.60$ for extended support vs 0.10$

Still that might be cheaper if a product is going eol then fixing issues blocking an eks upgrade path. Inversely it’s hard to see any justification for the price increase, I can’t see support for these versions costing 600% more but I guess this is why AWS make so much money…

[QuinnyPig]

I read this as “keep your stuff current or pay a tax on not patching.”

[jauntywundrkind → QuinnyPig]

Which seems to be the overwhelming trend in software. You get it for free but have to pay someone to be lazy about it.

Red Hat. Linkerd & Amazon EKS submissions here today. I'm sure many many more.