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Re:What Happened to EVs? by lukas099 on Thursday January 04, 2024 @04:13AM (#38864839)
No, the correct analogy would be paying for, maintaining, and storing enough servers for Black Friday year round when the option existg to rent them on Black Friday for 1% the cost.
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Re:What Happened to EVs? by strix_varius on Thursday January 04, 2024 @04:50AM (#38865122)
What exactly do you think AWS does mate, during black Friday?
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Re:What Happened to EVs? by lukas099 on Thursday January 04, 2024 @05:21AM (#38865338)
Exactly my point
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Re:What Happened to EVs? by strix_varius on Thursday January 04, 2024 @07:47AM (#38866337)
Unless your point is that someone should somehow rent an extra bedroom in their own house, it isn't. Such things aren't fungible.
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