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> Plenty of software teams have on-call rotations to cover production services.

There are plenty of valid criticisms of the cloud but this is what you are really paying for. The value proposition of the cloud is infrastructure-oncall-as-a-service.


You usually still need someone oncall who determines whether it’s a cloud problem or your bug.


I understand how you feel. It can be frustrating.

Contrary to popular belief Amazon actually does put energy into making sure products are responsibly sourced. Products are de-listed if they’re found to come from unethical sources.

To take that even further take a look at Climate Pledge Friendly. Those are products with (at least one) third party certification. These certifications don’t just further climate goals. Social responsibility is also considered. Including worker conditions and product durability. You can filter search results by this attribute. Admittedly it can be hard to filter for specific certifications.

https://www.amazon.com/b?node=21221607011


Amazon can simultaneously do due diligence on a subset of products while completely ignoring the rampant fraud and knockoffs of many other products.


Buying from ethical sources is great, but that doesn't mean those products aren't crap either


Take a look at the certifications. It’s a signal.


A giant portion of Amazon's products are made in China by a populace that's enslaved by their totalitarian dictator. Please allow me to identify which products are made in China, and other communist/totalitarian states, so that I can exclude them from my searches.


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