In June 2026, cloud providers are quietly restructuring data egress fees to penalize third-party content delivery networks. Lucas breaks down how AWS, Azure, and GCP now charge up to $0.12 per GB for traffic leaving their networks to non-partner CDNs like Akamai or Cloudflare, while waiving fees for their own CDN services. Luna questions whether this is anti-competitive or just smart bundling. The episode focuses on a single case: a mid-size media streaming company whose monthly cloud bill jumped 18% after switching from CloudFront to a third-party CDN. Lucas explains the pricing mechanics, the 2023-2025 regulatory complaints, and why enterprise contracts now include 'egress parity' clauses. Listeners learn one concrete number to check in their next contract negotiation.

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