yes. they would have 100% been better off, provided they actually knew what they were doing, which i guess is questionable since the business failed. pricing

yes. they would have 100% been better off, provided they actually knew what they were doing, which i guess is questionable since the business failed. pricing out servers and researching / working with smaller infrastructure providers who actually care about you and your account (imagine that) is real work, which is why so many people avoid it these days. it's much easier to click a few buttons and "choose" machine type x in the offerings that amazon has designed to maximize their own profit. computers are hard, let's go shopping.