ELI5: Why the absolute hell did SE not use Azure or AWS as a temporary solution?

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ELI5: Why the absolute hell did SE not use Azure or AWS as a temporary solution?

AWS is experiencing a major outage — and it's taken popular services like Ring smart-home systems, Netflix, and Disney+ with it
Amazon's web-hosting subsidiary, Amazon Web Services, was experiencing major issues on Tuesday. The outage appeared to affect major streaming services including Disney+ and Netflix. Amazon said it was "investigating increased error rates."

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