I've posted another comment on this parent comment saying how you could access the full-text, but I haven't directly posted the link to said text, as I'm not sure if it's allowed.
"The operation of applications for mining cryptocurrencies remains prohibited. These include, but are not limited to, mining, farming and plotting of cryptocurrencies"
It's pretty clear they basically prohibit everything related to cryptocurrencies, even content, as you can see in their T&C.
Over the past years there have been numerous people online which have claimed that Hetzner closes accounts without giving a reason. I'm sure most of those claims intentionally omit some details to make it look like they didn't infringe the T&C.
However as a Hetzner customer (a small one, to be fair), I'd still like to know that those complaints are baseless, and that I can still trust your company.
> How much does the entertainment system in your car cost vs an iPad? Is that a rip-off, or is it a niche, custom part that has to be made from automotive grade components?
You can't say it's a niche part when the item is being manufactured in the hundreds of thousands or even millions. Car companies reuse components between models and sometimes even between brands.
And that's without mentioning that the average 7-8" screen or CPU in a car's entertainment system isn't a custom made part, they are bought at bulk from other manufacturers that produce (tens of) millions of units per year.
You can find entertainment system replacements for most cars that cost a fraction of what the car manufacturer charges consumers.
I struggle to see how a mass-produced, way more expensive (for the customer), lower-quality product isn't simply a rip-off.
Yep, Hetzner, OVH or even DO aren't even close to offering what AWS offers. Once you start exploring all the things they have to offer you understand why so many large companies use hyperscalers.
Although to be fair, most hobbyists only need basic services like cloud servers/VMs, and hyperscalers like AWS are an awful deal compared to other options if you only need compute + storage + bandwidth. You don't need to use S3, Lambdas and Cloudfront to host a personal blog, a simple VPS will be more than enough.
It feels like most devs nowadays prefer using services that abstract away the infrastructure, at the cost of not developing SysOps skills, so I don't see a future where the Cloud is going to lose relevance.
The biggest problem we have to solve is how to make the benefits of automation reach everyone. And since the next step in automation seems to be AI, I think that using the washing machine analogy can be great.
As the article says, around 2 billion people have washing machines. That leaves around 6 billion having to wash their clothes by hand. What would the solution be? Would giving a washing machine to every household in the world solve the problem?
It's hard to imagine that it would, since there is still a ton of infrastructure needed to run the washing machine. How many of those 6 billion people live in places with functional water and electricity networks?
In my opinion what many AI companies are doing is basically that, trying to provide everyone (in the Western world at least), with a metaphorical washing machine. But the infrastructure, resources and knowledge to effectively use generative AI aren't available to most of the population or small and medium enterprises.
This will further the gap between rich and poor, and the gap between countries that use AI and countries that refuse or can't afford to use it.
AWS, Azure and GCP have programs for Startups and for Researchers that give free credits for their respective platforms. Try applying for those programs.
They usually give between $1000 and $5000 worth of credits, and they may have other requirements like being enrolled in college, but you should check each of their respective programs to find out more.