Comment by esskay

The funny thing is a lot of smaller startups are seeing just how absurdly expensive these service are, and are just switching back to basic bare metal server hosting.

For 99% of businesses it's a wasteful, massive overkill expense. You dont NEED all the shiny tools they offer, they don't add anything to your business but cost. Unless you're a Netflix or an Apple who needs massive global content distribution and processing services theres a good chance you're throwing money away.