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As tybris's comment indicates, the allure is primarily that you can configure the system to automatically spin up new instances on-the-fly as load increases, in
by cookiecaper 15y ago
As tybris's comment indicates, the allure is primarily that you can configure the system to automatically spin up new instances on-the-fly as load increases, in case your startup gets on the front page of reddit.
Because most startups want to gratify that vanity, they set up on EC2 because they want to prepare for the "inevitable" deluge of users without paying for an adequate pipe or server configuration around-the-clock.