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by Asdrubalini 1744 days ago
Because you can't run a playable Minecraft server on a 5$/mo vm (especially if you play with mods) and you don't need the server to be on 24/7 if you just play with some friends. This gives you the ability to automatically spin a powerful server when needed (say a dozen hours a week) and only pay that amount instead of the full 168 hours.