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by ignoramous 1027 days ago
> I mean, even in the pre-AWS days, it's not like you had to buy the hardware or replace the failed disks yourself, web hosters did that for you.

Given no single web hoster has grown to the size of AWS / Azure, it is safe to assume just which complexities the industry is willing to tolerate. I mean, Oracle still rakes in billions, despite everything.