All good points. I should have been more specific. You can generate &gt; $1M in <i>profit</i> with 1 or 2 devs, and in that case, AWS is a no brainer. In my experience, it is much more difficult to manage dedicated hardware in multiple data centers for high availability with only 1 or 2 devs. The opportunity costs alone in that case can kill you.<p>But I don&#x27;t live in a world where runway is a consideration so YMMV. At the time I commented, the parent post was getting downvoted. I&#x27;ve seen that knee jerk reaction on HN multiple times, and that is what prompted my comment.