Hosting costs are small for most sites not doing things like streaming video or data storage. Human costs are high - an average American software engineer is pr

Hosting costs are small for most sites not doing things like streaming video or data storage. Human costs are high - an average American software engineer is probably at 100k or more, and it takes many of them to operate a site. This is like saying you wouldn't pay your doctor or barber because the electricity is only 1% of the total revenue.