[jadedhacker]

The outlay for infrastructure. Previously you had to own your own hardware, get a business class line, maintain it, etc. Now you just rent servers from AWS or another provider. I like to think of it like a ski rental. They build a few extra services on top to make it even more convenient, but the critical part is the hardware.

[AstralStorm]

The owner of ski rental, unless or is massively profitable, if it is the sole critical income source, is textbook petit bourgeois.

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