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You deleted everything and AWS is still charging you?

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Re: You deleted everything and AWS is still charging you?

#3
The way this guy writes makes me want to puke. "Whoa dude, the hidden setting in AWS got you charged and now you're warning your friends about it? That's uncool dude, you're discouraging them from learning! As a Developer Advocate, let me advocate the corporations interests to you, the developer."

Re: You deleted everything and AWS is still charging you?

#7
> AWS doesn’t charge you in mysterious ways. It charges you in specific, predictable ways that nobody taught you to look for. That’s a knowledge gap. The purpose of this post is to shed some light on this.

Or it's a UX gap. If this is such a common complaint that's causing meaningful reputation damage, surely there'd be a better way to communicate this in the product? I think it's fair to assume that there's less interest in building features that encourage users to spend less money.

Re: You deleted everything and AWS is still charging you?

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AWS sends me an invoice for $0.01 every month.

Me too! AWS actually charges my credit card $0.01 every month.

I'm surprised they don’t just waive low balances, like many banks do [0]

How is it economical for AWS to charge a credit card for a penny? I wonder what Amazon’s agreements with interchange networks must be like...

[0]: https://www.doctorofcredit.com/small-balance-waiver-a-k-a-lo...

Re: You deleted everything and AWS is still charging you?

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> AWS doesn’t charge you in mysterious ways. It charges you in specific, predictable ways that nobody taught you to look for. That’s a knowledge gap. The purpose of this post is to shed some light on this. Or it's a UX gap. If this is such a common complaint that's causing meaningful reputation damage, surely there'd be a better way to communicate this in the product? I think it's fair to assume that there's less int…

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