RDS is just a database though. All the standard tools work with it. Unless you start dipping into more exotic services, it's pretty hard to become locked in. EC2+ELB+RDS are fairly independent. Even autoscaling doesn't lock you in.
That said, CloudFormation, SQS, Kinesis, DynamoDB, etc. are all very sticky services.
That said, CloudFormation, SQS, Kinesis, DynamoDB, etc. are all very sticky services.