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by oh_sigh 2230 days ago
AWS bandwidth fees make a multi-cloud infra a less likely design or migration choice by their customers, leading to lock-in.

> Service providers may attempt to “lock in” customers to prevent them from switching to alternative products, technologies, or suppliers. Customer lock-in involves raising customers’ switching costs to the point that the cost of switching outweighs the potential benefits from switching.

http://www.ictregulationtoolkit.org/toolkit/2.2.3.6