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by londons_explore 1395 days ago
Reserved instances are effectively a financial construct.

A lot of human hours go into managing them, buying them, selling them, making sure they are efficiently used, etc.

I do wonder if the human effort invested in such things is actually a net gain over a fixed price. Clearly there is gain for the companies using RI's, but is there gain for the economy as a whole?

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> Reserved instances are effectively a financial construct.

Almost true. It's also a powerful lock-in mechanism.