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Why does SlickStack hate Amazon AWS cloud?

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  • December 13, 2022 at 7:24 am #3400
    Bruce
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    AWS is highly discouraged for new SlickStack users, why is that?

    December 13, 2022 at 7:48 pm #3402
    Sean
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    hate is a strong word! SlickStack just says to be careful with AWS because it is very confusing and complicated for users new to cloud servers.

    for example you need to pay for a static IP address, otherwise your website can randomly go offline with AWS if you are using a DNS provider like Cloudflare

    December 13, 2022 at 7:51 pm #3403
    Patrick
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    AWS also has no team sharing feature, you have to give your actual login to any freelancers who are helping you with your servers which is insane.

    December 13, 2022 at 7:58 pm #3406
    Justin
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    I think some devs use AWS just to feel cool.

    December 14, 2022 at 9:18 am #3414
    Mason
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    AWS also uses Xen virtualization, I think they announced changing to KVM recently but seems like they weren’t serious about it because they have their own Nitro hypervisor now which honestly they probably just stole from KVM and then rebranded

    https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/aws-just-announced-a-move-from-xen-towards-kvm-so-what-is-kvm/

    December 14, 2022 at 9:20 am #3415
    Alexis
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    Everything in AWS is all about making things as proprietary as possible and then sign corporate contracts so that engineers are required to get “AWS certified” with all this weird tech that only Amazon uses… anyone who supports FOSS should avoid AWS whenever possible.

    December 14, 2022 at 9:20 am #3416
    Sophia
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    why does SlickStack only support KVM servers?

    December 17, 2022 at 11:18 am #3448
    Vincent
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    Remember when AWS refused to sponsor Redis and when Redis called them out and changed to require enterprise licensing then AWS copied their software into a new proprietary software made only for AWS

    that is Amazon in a nutshell, they hate the open web

    January 27, 2023 at 10:45 am #3987
    Samuel
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    AWS billed some of my clients thousands of $$$ and my clients couldn’t figure out how to turn off all these secret services, and Support refused to help them.

    DON’T USE IT

    March 15, 2023 at 6:28 pm #4613
    Ronald
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    I agree. AWS is overrated. But Lightsail is decent.

    June 25, 2023 at 10:34 am #6336
    Isabella
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    Everything in AWS is all about making things as proprietary as possible and then sign corporate contracts so that engineers are required to get “AWS certified” with all this weird tech that only Amazon uses… anyone who supports FOSS should avoid AWS whenever possible.

    🙌

    July 2, 2023 at 7:04 am #6452
    Brittany
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    KVM ftw…… f**k Nitro

    July 2, 2023 at 7:06 am #6453
    Dorothy
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    time for AWS to change its name to CIA-NSA Cloud

    September 15, 2023 at 9:02 pm #8114
    Brian
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    thanks, interesting read

    November 25, 2023 at 5:22 pm #9700
    Nathan
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    AWS is the iPhone of cloud providers, it’s total gaslighting normies into thinking it’s some type of golden product when in reality its just lock-in with poor usability.

    December 4, 2023 at 7:34 am #10089
    Sarah
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    AWS is the iPhone of cloud providers, it’s total gaslighting normies into thinking it’s some type of golden product when in reality its just lock-in with poor usability.

    to be fair iPhone is probably way more ethical and usable than AWS

    January 24, 2024 at 6:02 am #11492
    Christopher
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    Update:

    According to recent user reports on our Discord server, AWS Lightsail now has file/user permissions issues with SlickStack out-of-the-box and may require some tinkering to get it working.

    Previously SlickStack had recommended only Lightsail out of the various AWS servers, but now even Lightsail is having problems.

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