1. Does aws even accept prepaid cards? many providers don't dye to fraud/abuse concerns
2. Your payment method refusing to accept charges doesn't mean you're still not on the hook for them. Technically they can still send your bill to collections and wreck your credit report. They probably don't do this, but it's still a bad bandaid solution
1. Not sure, but I think that's the problem I'm asking about. Because prepaid or auto-generated cards are not mainstream, big vendors don't need to accept them.
2. Agreed, but at least this puts one more layer of control back to the owner. AWS doesn't have my birthdate or social security info (US), so it would be harder (not impossible) for them to "wreck your credit report". At least this approach puts an extra barrier in the equation.
2. Your payment method refusing to accept charges doesn't mean you're still not on the hook for them. Technically they can still send your bill to collections and wreck your credit report. They probably don't do this, but it's still a bad bandaid solution