[reaperducer]

My guess is that its market research shows that for a profitable number of people, the 24-hour requirement isn't a big deal.

It's not like Amazon doesn't have the ability or experience to research business decisions before they're made.

[detaro]

It's an Apple requirement (it applies to all rent-a-mac type services), I doubt Amazon would mind splitting it shorter (like they do with everything else) if they could.