Well, the cloud is just a convenient way of accessing someone else's server. Convenience always costs money, there is no (big) cloud provider doing it out of t

Well, the cloud is just a convenient way of accessing someone else's server. Convenience always costs money, there is no (big) cloud provider doing it out of their own pocket or rather not optimizing for huge profits. It's the same as with any other service, really. So I don't understand, why some people assume it would be different here. (Note: I am not saying that Troy Hunt assumed this, but I know people who go to the cloud because "It's cheaper". It was never cheaper, on no project I worked on. It was more convenient, but in the end it was more expensive mostly)