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Yes, they are being ripped off.

A 8 CPU / 16 GB Ram server at Hetzner is $30 or so per month. It's $200+ at AWS / Azure.

Bandwidth is 4TB included from free at Hetzner, it's $92.16 / TB or $368.64 additional at AWS / Azure.

That is where the 6x comes from. It's described in detail with that math in the book BTW.



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