There are parts of the US that are still pretty far from the nearest DO data center. If I go AWS I don't have that problem.

I should clarify that I am playing devil's advocate here. I've never been pro-Amazon (although I slipped for a bit there, I'm feeling much better again), they just have answers for some questions that I don't.

Or at least, not until multi-cloud is on everyone's radar. The combined coverage map of any two AWS competitors generally looks more competitive, but we collectively have to 'work' on the people who think that would be too hard.