Oh, it's expected costs.
Like, figure out the compute requirements of your code, multiply by the cost per compute unit (or whatever): boom, your cost.
Totally predictable.
Compared to suddenly having to replace a $20k server that dies in your data center.
So much easier.

Except when your code (let's be honest, the most likely thing to have an error in it... At least compared to some 4+ year old production hardware that everyone runs) has a bug in it that requires 20x compute.
But maybe that is a popularity spike (the hug-of-death)! That's why you migrated to the #cloud anyway, right? To handle these spikes! And you've always paid your bills so... Yeh, here's a 20x bill.

Such a framework for a government to properly adopt FOS software would require provisions against a "bad government" controlling said software.
Just because the US is plummeting into a political nightmare doesn't mean the EU couldn't do the same I. 20-40 years.

Such a framework of governments moving from Microsoft/Google/Amazon/Cloudflare/Whoever to a FOSS equivalent should require the target Foss platform to be run by an independent non-profit that cannot be politically influenced.

But I have no idea how to actually future proof that from corruption. Because money talks, and billions can buy so much influence in so many unexpected places

Because the safety of X [E-Bikes] has nothing at all to do with discussing the safety of Y [Deaths-from-cars] (I'm going to say this is "travel on public roads"), so small minded people will gawk at how large a number 99.5% is, without ever even stopping to ask if it's reasonable to compare those two things.

So, that's correct?
E-bikes are not the biggest threat to travelling on public roads.
And the article says this. There is a growing amount of people that would rather use a bike or e-bike than to drive.

And cars cause most of the deaths.

Glad we agree

I hope they don't get over it.
I hope they realise what they are doing is illegal before it gets to the point that they do anything to the protesters.
And that any of them that do anything to the protesters never forget and never get over it.

Because cars are used more than bikes (electric or otherwise)?

I presume US schools have to buy/rent busses and pay bus drivers? Specifically to drive kids to/from school?
Instead of the council (or whatever) subsidising routes that connect new builds to schools, and giving under 16s free bus travel.

This seems like a fantastic example of "if a metric becomes a target, it fails in being a metric".