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0 pointsimmibis5mo ago0 comments

AWS is not cheap. AWS is one to two orders of magnitude more expensive than DIY.

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My $3/mo AWS instance is far cheaper than any DIY solution I could come up with, especially when I have to buy the hardware and supply the power/network/storage/physical space. Not to mention it's not worth my time to DIY something like that in the first place.

There can be other valid usecases than your own.

immibisOP5mo ago

Small things are cheap, yes, news at 11. But did you compare what your $3-$5 gets at Amazon vs a more traditional provider?

ranger_danger5mo ago

False equivalence/moving goalposts IMO... I was only refuting your claim of "AWS is not cheap", as if it's somehow impossible for it to be cheap... which I'm saying isn't the case.

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ranger_danger5mo ago

There can be other valid usecases than your own.

immibisOP5mo ago

Small things are cheap, yes, news at 11. But did you compare what your $3-$5 gets at Amazon vs a more traditional provider?

ranger_danger5mo ago

False equivalence/moving goalposts IMO... I was only refuting your claim of "AWS is not cheap", as if it's somehow impossible for it to be cheap... which I'm saying isn't the case.

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