Costs will go up to levels where people will no longer find this stuff as useful/interesting. It’s all fun and games until the subsides end.
See the recent reactions to AWS pricing on Kiro where folks had a big WTF reaction on pricing after, it appears, AWS tried to charge realistic pricing based on what this stuff actually costs.
Isn’t AWS always quite expensive? Look at their margins and the amount of cash it throws off, versus the consumer/retail business which runs a ton more revenue but no profit.
If you’re applying the same pricing structure to Kiro as to all AWS products then, yeah, it’s not particularly hobbyist accessible?
The article is answering a specific question, and has excluded this on purpose. If you have a sunk training cost you still want to know if you can at least operate profitably.