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  • read_freire [they/them]
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    4 years ago

    The cloud is just someone else's computer, but Jeff Bezos's computer is going to serve the interests of capitol on a hair-trigger when compared w/ some rando vps* provider.

    The OP link gets into how they've been dropped by everyone (including Twilio & their lawyers most likely), and that's shit opsec/using us-based services because you know that the empire tolerates fash.

    • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I'm aware, I don't really see how else you're supposed to run something like this without building your own servers. Even those other hosting platforms probably use AWS as some point. Amazon basically owns the internet at this point.

      • read_freire [they/them]
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        4 years ago

        EC2 wasn't the first game in VPSes, and they haven't put everyone out of business.