I think you’re right that they doing it for fun or because they can, primarily. But I am excited to see them pioneer in this area, both because it’s more open and hacker friendly, but also because they’re moving the needle towards healthy competition amongst the providers.
Our big-three cloud hegemony has already showed it’s ugly sides, both in terms of price (egress, anyone?) and quality (hello, zero interop and opaqueness). I’d argue we’ve seen significant complexity increases in especially server-side tech in the last 5-10 years, with relatively little to show for it, despite massive economic investments. I expect that trend to continue downwards unless we take back the hacker friendliness of infra & ops.
PS. Actually scratch that I’m excited, that’s an understatement. I’m thrilled!
Our big-three cloud hegemony has already showed it’s ugly sides, both in terms of price (egress, anyone?) and quality (hello, zero interop and opaqueness). I’d argue we’ve seen significant complexity increases in especially server-side tech in the last 5-10 years, with relatively little to show for it, despite massive economic investments. I expect that trend to continue downwards unless we take back the hacker friendliness of infra & ops.
PS. Actually scratch that I’m excited, that’s an understatement. I’m thrilled!