Why Storage Surprise Billing Devastates Growing Platforms — and Practical Paths Out

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Growing platforms hit a predictable but painful feedback loop: storage usage climbs, requests spike, engineers add higher-performance tiers to stop user complaints, and a month later finance delivers a bill that feels like a betrayal