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I disagree, the "sheer scale" argument is not flat. The fact that one can scale horizontally and the other can't is significant. Let me present a quote to you:

• awj 10y ago
  You can disagree on that if you'd like, but note that I explicitly acknowledged the possibility of exceeding these limits. In my opinion, for most cases/workloads, it's highly unlikely that you will and designing for that from the outset is a waste of time and resources.