Pretty sure it's forever, the catch isn't about how long you use it but rather how much computational power you use. But for a small site, you shouldn't worry about it much. I have a site with max. a couple of thousand views per month and never had to pay a cent.
But what happens when there is a spike of views, e.g. a DOS attack? Would you have to pay then or did you make some precaution that the views would never reach a certain threshold?
Pretty sure it's forever, the catch isn't about how long you use it but rather how much computational power you use. But for a small site, you shouldn't worry about it much. I have a site with max. a couple of thousand views per month and never had to pay a cent.
But what happens when there is a spike of views, e.g. a DOS attack? Would you have to pay then or did you make some precaution that the views would never reach a certain threshold?
It seems like AWS has its own DDOS protection service
aws.amazon.com/shield/?whats-new-c...
I personally haven't undertaken any measures regarding denial of service attacks, perhaps if my site reaches a certain size.
AWS can be quite confusing, but it's the biggest hosting provider at the moment (I believe), I think it's worth looking it up and researching 👍