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> AWS, and yet so many people talk about how the cloud is so cheap Is AWS not widely known as one of the most expensive cloud providers all round? And the clo
by moffkalast 3y ago
> AWS, and yet so many people talk about how the cloud is so cheap
Is AWS not widely known as one of the most expensive cloud providers all round?
And the cloud is not cheap in general, it's just convenient. If you do the math, most cloud providers only need a few months to make back the cost of the hardware, after that it's all money printing.
If you need something running 24/7 for a year+ it's always cheaper to buy... unless you're a large firm who doesn't trust their high turnover employees with their own infrastructure, which is where AWS makes their money.
- varjag 3y agoAWS is one of the three similarly priced vendors that people who think cloud hosting is a must would tend to push you into.
- ReflectedImage 3y agoIt's a cloud problem, you need good customer support to trust your business to the cloud. Only AWS delivers good customer support.
- varjag 3y agoSure, what I rather meant that the choice isn't really that great. People who need catchy buzzwords on their resume are not going to promote some great but niche cloud vendor even if they were a thing.