"laypersons" "Anyone who has stood up a service on the cloud" I don't think I'd call those the same thing. . Aside from that, having a single point of failu

"laypersons" "Anyone who has stood up a service on the cloud" I don't think I'd call those the same thing. . Aside from that, having a single point of failure in some component isn't necessarily unconscionable, you just make sure the system as a whole can handle the loss of the affected component.