AWS raises GPU prices 15% on a Saturday, hopes you weren't paying attention

Post by usernameak » Tue, Jan 06, 2026, 5:26 PM UTC

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Subscriptions have a "boiling frog" phenomenon where a marginal price increase isn't noticable to most people. Our payment rails are so effective many people don't even read their credit card statements, they just have vampires draining their accounts monthly. Starting with a low subscription price also has the effect of atrophying people's ability to self-serve. The alternative to a subscription is usually capital-i…

My bank has an option to send me a notification every time I'm charged for something. I've noticed several bills that were higher than they should have been "due to a technical error". I'm certain some companies rely on people not checking and randomly add "errors". Notably there's no way (known to me) that you can have direct debits sent as requests that aren't automatically paid. I think that would put consumers on…

Post by acdha » Tue, Jan 06, 2026, 5:28 PM UTC

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Headline: hopes you weren't paying attention Body: The change had been telegraphed: AWS's pricing page noted (and bizarrely, still does) that "current prices are scheduled to be updated in January, 2026," though the company neglected to mention which direction. These do not seem entirely consistent? . > This comes about seven months after AWS trumpeted "up to 45% price reductions" for GPU instances - though that anno…

> These do not seem entirely consistent? > But the plans were on display…” “On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them.” “That’s the display department.” “With a flashlight.” “Ah, well, the lights had probably gone.” “So had the stairs.” “But look, you found the notice, didn’t you?” “Yes,” said Arthur, “yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused la…

Post by walthamstow » Tue, Jan 06, 2026, 5:32 PM UTC

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Approx 2/3rds of Americans pay Apple monthly for storage, according to consumer research. Original source is paywalled but lifted quotes here: https://www.idownloadblog.com/2024/08/21/cirp-survey-apple-i... The smallest one is the cheapest, it's basic economics to assume that it sells the best. I would guess 60%+ buy the smallest, and I don't even need to look at data. You're welcome to disprove me. The popularity of…

I don't know that I buy your basic economics theory. Starter prices are a thing to get people in the door and upsell them later. According to [0], the iphone 17 pro has a larger share than the regular 17, although it's more expensive. And, again, paying for cloud storage doesn't automatically mean that they do it because their local storage is too small for their needs. Apple pushed iCloud as a solution to safely bac…

Post by latchkey » Tue, Jan 06, 2026, 5:35 PM UTC

Post by noname120 » Tue, Jan 06, 2026, 5:41 PM UTC

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I guess somewhere this year having your own GPU might be cheaper than renting.

When was buying a device from the manufacturer not cheaper than paying a middleman to manage rentals of said device?