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		scarface74 on March 29, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to burn the most money with a single click in ... How much more does it costs AWS to allow you to spin up resources and then liberally offer refunds when you contact them and tell them you made a mistake?

ProZsolt on March 29, 2020 [–]

Not much. Some electricity. Servers are there either way.

scarface74 on March 29, 2020 | [–]

Exactly. They decided it was cheaper for them to let you make mistakes and then grant refunds.

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