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by feyman_r 3402 days ago
I would think running on 'owned hardware' in rented colo space is very close to 'rented hardware' in the cloud.

The only clear differentiator then is actually owning a datacenter. And the Total Cost of Ownership of that isn't easy. For someone who doesn't want to be in the datacenter-ownership business, opting in to cloud would make sense. Concerns for privacy and government intervention are a valid concern though.