> Feels like these services just want people to "gotcha" into spending a bunch of money without simple safety nets.
Because it is just like that. Nine years ago Amazon said (about the same issue raised 14 years ago): "We’ve received similar requests from many of our customers and we definitely understand how important this is to your business; We hear you loud and clear. As it stands right now, we are planning to implement some features that are requested on this thread, though we don’t yet have a timeline to share." [0] In other words, they know people need it, but they prefer not to implement it.
Because it is just like that. Nine years ago Amazon said (about the same issue raised 14 years ago): "We’ve received similar requests from many of our customers and we definitely understand how important this is to your business; We hear you loud and clear. As it stands right now, we are planning to implement some features that are requested on this thread, though we don’t yet have a timeline to share." [0] In other words, they know people need it, but they prefer not to implement it.
[0] https://forums.aws.amazon.com/thread.jspa?threadID=58127