"The main thesis of the post is that sometimes incentives are not aligned"
Sure, but your example of AWS and security is exactly the opposite where incentives are aligned.
"but its not the right tool just because it costs as much or more than a train does. "
Yes, and you didn't investigate the impedance mismatch between your tool (PgBackRest) and your backup system. What this has to do with your stray bullet to AWS I have no idea.
If I had been streaming and not reading then Ubisofts solution would have been the right one.
But the situation was as such: I didn't know what the incentives or intentions were; and others didn't either because all they thought was that "the investment had been made".
Turning off your brain is the wrong solution, you have to check that your incentives are the same as Amazons
Sure, but your example of AWS and security is exactly the opposite where incentives are aligned.
"but its not the right tool just because it costs as much or more than a train does. "
Yes, and you didn't investigate the impedance mismatch between your tool (PgBackRest) and your backup system. What this has to do with your stray bullet to AWS I have no idea.