[eunos]

Gov is pretty sure has a far stronger leverage than AWS. For example, if AWS cancels unilaterally Gov contracts, Gov will show that as Exhibit A of the need of Anti Trust.

Anyway, if Gov can procure cloud services, they should procure multiple providers and design their service as a cloud agnostic system.

[HenryKissinger]

The government can shut down Amazon.

Amazon can't shut down the government.

[anewaccount2021]

Stop delivering packages for two weeks, blame the govt...you'll find out very quickly that brown boxes are a real vector of power

[jojobas]

Nope. Shut down every other website and blame the government, on the other hand...