TLDR: if you have a serverless function that runs 24/7 it would have been cheaper to just pay for hosting the equivalent compute in a dedicated server yourself.

TLDR: if you have a serverless function that runs 24/7 it would have been cheaper to just pay for hosting the equivalent compute in a dedicated server yourself. Is anybody surprised by this? I can’t say I’ve ever recalled anybody even pretend that serverless is cheaper for that kind of use case, that’s not what it’s pitched for. Seems like 37Signals is going to a lot of effort to discredit cloud-based approaches lately, with some straw man arguments. Is there some backstory as to why that I’ve missed?