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0 pointsgtirloni2y ago0 comments

> it's nearly impossible to grow a very capital intensive business without outside capital.

That's the promise of pay-per-minute (or even second) cloud computing, right? You don't spend what you don't need _right now_.

But Fly.io makes a good point about reaching critical mass to discuss better prices from their vendors. I can totally understand that.

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hn_throwaway_992y ago· 2 in thread

> That's the promise of pay-per-minute (or even second) cloud computing, right?

Maybe I misunderstood your point, but that's the promise for cloud computing customers. Fly.io is a cloud computing provider, and those are all hugely capital intensive businesses.

gtirloniOP2y ago

Fly.io can be a cloud computing provider while being a cloud computing customer, just like Heroku and others.

aarondf2y ago

They can be (in theory), but aren't (in reality)

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