Agree with you, though I'd like to add that it can save you money. For example, if you previously had dedicated resources and only needed a serverless solution available in the cloud where you pay based on use.
Our move to Azure was actually a slight cost bump, but we are doing it because it will empower us to built new and better services and give us new flexibility. It's getting harder and harder for smaller data centers to compete on features that the cloud providers are constantly starting to offer.
The value comes from saving engineering resources and time for implementation, while getting a highly flexible and global environment with lots of features.
With some providers like GCP + provisioned capacity, you can get pretty close to dedicated machines while maintaining the highly available cloud environment.
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[ 3.3 ms ] story [ 21.8 ms ] threadIf you are a startup it means you don’t need the upfront investment in hardware.
The cloud doesn’t save you money it just allows you to do more.
With some providers like GCP + provisioned capacity, you can get pretty close to dedicated machines while maintaining the highly available cloud environment.