Except buying hardware isn't a 24-36 month investment, you could buy new hardware every 3 months or so and it would still be cheaper than renting. Renting only

Except buying hardware isn't a 24-36 month investment, you could buy new hardware every 3 months or so and it would still be cheaper than renting. Renting only makes sense when you need to scale horizontally, but for most people's use cases having an in-house machine is sufficient.