You are also thinking about this in a perfect vacuum. Global scale presents an entirely different --non-technical-- challenge. Take for example, Dropbox stated

You are also thinking about this in a perfect vacuum. Global scale presents an entirely different --non-technical-- challenge. Take for example, Dropbox stated they are moving off AWS -- except in Europe (and other non-US areas I'm sure). Having boots on the ground abroad, operating 24/7, dedicated to the mission of the company where they have not even visited ... near impossible. https://blogs.dropbox.com/business/2016/09/making-european-infrastructure-available-to-our-customers/ https://blogs.dropbox.com/business/2016/09/making-european-i... Why? Hiring people around the globe is hard who are going to remove that HDD 24/7 is pretty hard. Hiring lawyers to understand foreign law is hard. Keeping your company focused abroad and building a culture abroad is very hard. How long does it take for a company to expand to India on their own? In AWS, you just change your CloudFormation template to another region.