Personally, I prefer to build my stuff on top of baremetal. It costs more in personal/sysadmin time but you own the end result and it's less easily shut down by

Personally, I prefer to build my stuff on top of baremetal. It costs more in personal/sysadmin time but you own the end result and it's less easily shut down by an overzealous AI at AWS HQ deciding you're a risk or competitor. That plus OVH and Hetzner aren't US corporations, my money and trust stay in Europe where they belong.