Exactly. My AWS bill is $800-959/mo and 90% of that is split between storage and egress (a few tb each). I could get a colo and buy my own storage servers or mo

Exactly. My AWS bill is $800-959/mo and 90% of that is split between storage and egress (a few tb each). I could get a colo and buy my own storage servers or move that stuff to Hetzner or R2 and maybe make my money back in a year or two, but I could also just not think about it and make slightly less money. The cost of me not having to worry about hardware or disks filling up or additional complexity is acceptable for me.