{"id":1706,"slug":"aws-100-price-cuts-vendor-framing-quarantined","title":"AWS \"we've cut prices 100+ times since 2006\" framing — quarantined as vendor self-congratulation","kind":"reference","scope":"business","status":"current","audiences":["kevin","candid-team"],"topics":["editorial-discipline","cloud-infrastructure-economics"],"reference_body":"**Claim:** AWS frequently cites \"100+ price cuts since 2006\" in marketing material. This figure is vendor self-congratulation and is **quarantined** from the cost-floor argument.\n\n**Source:** AWS marketing material.\n\n**Confidence:** Verified that AWS says this; not used as primary evidence.\n\n**Why this matters for Candid:** Editorial discipline. The dated launch prices ($0.15/GB for [[s3-launch-march-2006-15-cents-per-gb]], $0.10/hour for [[ec2-launch-august-2006-ten-cents-per-hour]]) versus current published prices are the primary figures. The vendor's narrative around them is not. See [[rule-flag-vendor-incentive-on-cost-claims]].","rationale_body":null,"metadata":null,"links":{"outgoing":[],"incoming":[{"slug":"research-brief-falling-cost-floor-real-web-functionality-smb-june-2026","title":"Research brief: the falling cost floor of \"real\" web functionality for SMBs (June 2026)","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"},{"slug":"s3-price-drop-magnitude-85-percent","title":"S3 storage cost fell ~85% from launch — ~7× more data for the same dollar; independently corroborated","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"},{"slug":"ec2-launch-august-2006-ten-cents-per-hour","title":"Amazon EC2 launched as limited public beta August 25, 2006 — single m1.small instance at $0.10/hour","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"},{"slug":"caveats-falling-cost-floor-vendor-incentive","title":"Caveats: AWS vendor framing quarantined; build-vs-buy vendor cost pages flagged; DrPeering single-source; sysadmin wages needs-verification","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"},{"slug":"rule-flag-vendor-incentive-on-cost-claims","title":"R6 — Flag the vendor incentive on every cost claim — AWS price-cut count, SaaS build-vs-buy ranges, agency portal estimates","kind":"rule","scope":"business","link_type":"depends-on"}]},"created_at":"2026-06-21T13:17:00.467Z","updated_at":"2026-06-21T13:17:00.467Z"}