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by lowbloodsugar 322 days ago
>For years, I’ve watched developers on Reddit and Facebook desperately seeking US or EU billing addresses, willing to pay $100+ premiums to avoid MENA region assignment.

>When I asked why, a colleague warned me: “AWS MENA operates differently. They can terminate you randomly.”

Huh.

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MENA = Middle East / North Africa.

(I did have to look it up.)