#Signal's #MeredithWhitaker decries dependence on #AWS on the Mastodon social network, explaining how the concentration of power among cloud #hyperscalers limits the options of services like Signal in terms of resiliency and network control.
Whittaker said that the concentration of power among cloud hyperscalers (AWS, #Google, and #Microsoft) is less widely understood than she expected, which bodes poorly for efforts to craft realistic strategies to change this dynamic.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/27/signal_ceo_meredith_whittaker_aws_dependency/
Signal president Meredith Whittaker says they had no choice but to use AWS, and that's a problem

: 'The problem is the concentration of power in the infrastructure space that means there isn’t really another choice'

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