> it's not like you're going to realize equivalent margins by running your own little server I get even better than their margins. In the neighborhood of 100x

> it's not like you're going to realize equivalent margins by running your own little server I get even better than their margins. In the neighborhood of 100x cheaper. It's not rocket science. > equivalent availability AWS availability isn't all that super great. Most of their services are rated for only 99.95 before they offer pittance credits. That's not difficult to meet with a single computer... > scalability A service only needs good enough scalability. Auto scaling is also a bug, not just a feature. Remember that it is also tied to auto billing. I can't afford to have my wallet DDOSed. > security Security is always a problem that needs to be solved. You don't get an auto pass on security needs because you signed up for AWS. > support You have to pay for that.... You can get it from other vendors too if you have budget for it. > ecosystem This is flat out wrong. Compare AWS offerings to the breadth and depth of open source offerings and the latter comes out far ahead.