Freeing yourself from TBTE, Part 4: Amazon
Amazon
Amazon while known for its store they have another monster hiding in plain sight. AWS or Amazon Web Services aims to provide cheap cloud services to anyone with a credit card. End of the day you are giving money to Amazon. A company known for undercutting businesses and giving them money is bad for that little local business you love.
Some alternatives to AWS are:
- Linode (acquired by Akamai in 2022, remains a distinct brand)
- Bahnhof
- Orange Website
To move away from the Amazon Store. Hehehe. good luck? I am still in the process of this. All I can say is support local + small businesses as much as possible.
- Ebay?
- Etsy
Take care now!