[zwischenzug]

That's using AWS as a VM and VPC provider. AWS don't want you to do that, or at least, that's not how they'd like you to use their services (IMO).

[etaioinshrdlu]

I think it's pretty clear that AWS is happy for you to use their services in all manner of ways, using heavy AWS-proprietary services or not. Nothing wrong particular with "lift-and-ship" as they call it when you migrate on on-prem app mostly unchanged.

At least this is my impression.

[scarface74]

Of course they would love for you to do a lifts and shift, it makes them more money than if you are “cloud native”.