> once I get the business going I'd likely begin to buy my own machines only when it's cheaper than to continue renting it in your calculations same goes for

> once I get the business going I'd likely begin to buy my own machines only when it's cheaper than to continue renting it in your calculations same goes for renting vs buying a house, or anything. the breakeven point here would come when they stop subsidizing the subscriptions, or when local ai gets to run on basically everything, making it ~free (sans electricity)