@randallb @lyft This is like the equivalent of messing with your text editor for half a day to be more efficient instead of just plowing through and getting work done.

So @lyft is paying $8m/mo to @AWS — almost $100m/yr! Each ride costs $.14 in AWS rent. I keep hearing they could build their own DC & save. My early days at @Google cloud, heard the same from customers: “at scale, owning is cheaper”. It wasn’t – they all came around. Here’s why: