[putsjoe]

I don't get why AWS doesn't offer preloading credit. Surely charging your card 1 cent a month isn't worth the time.

Whereas if they allowed customers to load on an amount, even a direct debit, their card processing fees would go down and customers would just get cut off when they run out of credit.

I suppose a counter argument to this is that it's hard for AWS to keep a constant eye on how much a service is costing. In which case we're back to the same argument as spending limits.