[asdfman123]

And it's just comparing virtual machines. I don't work at a big tech co -- I'm an enterprise dev working at smaller shops -- and I will try my best to never use virtual machines again.

I want serverless options, I want message queues that scale out of the box, I want stuff that lets me try different k8s configurations.

And I haven't done any research so I guess it's unfair for me to speculate, but will the small guys be guaranteed to be around in 5-10 years? I'm sure Azure, AWS and GCP aren't going anywhere any time soon.

So the comparison means nothing to me. Getting more hosting is way easier than getting new programmers. I'm going the lowest maintenance route I can, provided the costs are somewhat reasonable. I'm willing to pay a premium because stability and easy-to-use features is what I care about.