aws: predatory billing practices by design

[adamwhitney651]

aws' predatory billing practices

Problems You Identified:
❌ No centralized, clickable resource list
❌ Billing section shows charges but NO navigation links
❌ Dependency deletion requires hunting across regions
❌ Forces users into "billing archaeology" to find active resources
❌ Predatory by design - makes it hard to turn off expensive services

Azure (What Actually Works):
✅ Subscription-wide resource groups (FREE feature)
✅ Clickable resource lists with direct navigation
✅ Independent resource deletion (handles dependencies gracefully)
✅ Clear cost management with actionable controls
✅ Enterprise-friendly UX design

AWS (Broken by Design):
❌ "Hunt and pray" resource discovery
❌ Billing data without action buttons = useless
❌ Regional silos hide your own resources from you
❌ Dependency hell for simple deletions

AWS's resource management UX is deliberately obtuse to prevent easy service shutdown. That's not enterprise-grade tooling, that's vendor lock-in through friction.

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