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Originally Posted by the_only_turek_fan
So instead of having hardware and software inhouse you can outsource it to AWS?
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Yes. You pay for usage, redundancy, reliability, availability, elasticity.
How much computer / computing do you want = AWS will provide it to you for $$$. You want massive computing power? Perfect! It will be provided to you for $$$$. You want to run a virtual machine for programming and testing your apps on different platforms but don't want to pay for hardware costs of each platform? Pay $$.
Think of some subscription services you may use, such as Playstation Now for example. You get to play / stream games, the computing is happening on Sony's side. You are cloud gaming as you aren't using your Playstation's hardware to process playing the games.