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andrewstuart ◴[] No.42134309[source]
Why are people still doing the major cloud thing?

I just don't get it.

The story of "it's easier" is fake.

The story of "you won't need highly paid technical experts to maintain things" is fake.

The story of "it's cheaper" is fake.

The story of "you can't run your own computers it's too complex for ordinary companies to work out" is fake.

Its all fake and people still are diving headlong into the clouds, falling through and hitting the earth hard.

There's enough discussion in the community about the risks and hazards of major clouds - you only have yourself to blame when that huge bill hits because you did some thing that would have not cost an extra cent on self hosted systems or virtual servers.

Go learn Linux. Go buy virtual servers from IONOS where they charge zero for traffic.

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1. sabedevops ◴[] No.42134639[source]
I agree with your overall sentiment, but there are a few areas that the public clouds excel at despite this: geoscale and startups.