How come Amplify Studio is disabled on default?

Thank you for reaching out to us regarding the above query.

Please note that there are no security concerns for Studio being disabled by default when you initialize your app via Amplify CLI.

You can create backend for your Amplify application in two ways - 1. Using "amplify init" in Amplify CLI. or 2. Building app backend directly from Amplify console. When you create your app backend from CLI, it is assumed that you'll be using Amplify CLI itself to add/manage the cloud resource categories. Hence Amplify Studio is not enabled by default in Amplify console. However, if you wish to use Studio, you can go the Amplify Studio settings in console and toggle the Enable Amplify Studio button to enable it. But when you create your app backend from Amplify console directly, the Amplify Studio is enabled by default to let you control your backend environment without using Amplify CLI.

So, there are no underlying safety reasons for Amplify Studio being turned off by default.

Having said that, in case you have further queries, please feel free to reach out to us by opening a support case with AWS from support center dashboard using the following link.

Best regards, Rohit K.