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Market forces cloud computing providers to relax data export fees
Amazon, Microsoft and Google have relaxed their export fees, a tax that cloud-computing companies charge customers who move their data to another provider. It's a way to keep existing customers, but it's a bit crude and doesn't exactly increase customer favor. For example, there are limits to the types of data you can move, and each limit requires you to contact the provider to request that you move your data out of the cloud.