[alien_]

The OP here, thanks for the comment!

It was definitely not about being contrarian but about offering first and foremost a more cost effective but still relatively simple, scalable and robust alternative to their current setup.

They have a single small team of less than a dozen people, all working on a single application, with a single frontend component.

Imagine instead this team managing a K8s setup with DNS, ALB and SSL controllers that each set up a single resource. I personally find that overkill.