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		louis-paul on Nov 5, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Everpix was great. This is how it died I'm not surprised, AWS is expensive as hell.

eterm on Nov 5, 2013 [–]

While the article concentrated on the incomnig AWS cost, if you look at the infographic the expense of AWS is tiny compared to their overall expenses.

louis-paul on Nov 5, 2013 | [–]

That didn't help them through

Grue3 on Nov 6, 2013 | | [–]

Tumblr has an AWS bill that dwarfs theirs, and did survive for 6 years without any income. It's mostly Everpix's failure to attract investments to blame here.

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