‘There isn’t really another choice:’ Signal chief explains why the encrypted messenger relies on AWS
www.theverge.comSignal was just one of many services brought down by the AWS outage.
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its cost more money upfront, since companies need to invest money to build their servers/server racks. You can also still rent space in a data-center, without the need of building your own data center.
But on the long run, it can be much cheaper than constantly renting all the hardware. You can compare it to houses, buying a house costs more money then renting. But overall in the long run, you are normally better off buying a property (assuming you can of course… its just an example).