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183 points crescit_eundo | 1 comments | 28 Aug 25 15:14 UTC | HN request time: 0.276s | source
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metadat ◴[28 Aug 25 16:16 UTC] No.45053982[source]▶
Fiendishly outlandish idea, incredibly wrong that it should even be possible for the existence of Hoshino to even have ever been a thought, yet here we are. I love it!

On a related note, have you seen the prices at Whole Foods lately? $6 for a packet of dehydrated miso soup. This usually costs $2.50 served prepared at a sushi restaurant. AWS network egress fees are similarly blasphemous.

Shame on Amazon, lol. Though it's really capitalisms fault, if you think it through all the way.

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sneak ◴[28 Aug 25 16:33 UTC] No.45054165[source]▶
Why is it Amazon’s fault that people voluntarily choose to use Amazon?

Even with the massive margins, cloud computing is far cheaper for most SMEs than hiring an FTE sysadmin and racking machines in a colo.

The problem is that people forget to switch back to the old way when it’s time.

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1. immibis ◴[28 Aug 25 17:05 UTC] No.45054507[source]▶
SMEs hire someone (an MSP) to manage their IT. They don't use AWS because AWS services are too low-level. AWS is chosen by people who should know better and mostly on the basis of marketing inertia.

Edit: And by people with too much money, which was until recently most tech companies.