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by alex_sf 1169 days ago
Well, it can. The definition of public vs. private cloud depends entirely on who is selling it to you.

It's not even a binary at many of the large providers: you can have dedicated servers ("my own server") in a public cloud at AWS, for example.

Personally, I keep it simple. If I can physically hit a box and no-one can get mad at me, then it's private and mine.