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Why would someone who just wants to access the data need to pay for AWS? And the rest can be avoided by using a library PC & open source software. Or more likely, are already things almost everyone has on hand anyway.


Every request to EC2 costs money. TANSTAAFL


> TANSTAAFL

What?


There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch. It's an old saying meaning nothing is really free. If you aren't paying money, you're paying some other way.


> If you aren't paying money, you're paying some other way.

Taxes are, generally, money.


Who exactly am I paying for the software on my laptop?


I was hoping it was a PEMDAS for AWS costs.




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