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Few weeks ago I saw that DeepL is moving to AWS. Is there any full European product with app for ios?

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[โ€“] skarn@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The switch of DeepL to AWS is puzzling for me as well, and if it's not done sufficiently carefully it can prove to be a fatal mistake.

But if they don't lock themselves in, it can allow them to dramatically expand geographically, and to ensure availability in the presence of sudden spikes in usage, without having to massively invest in their own infrastructure.

[โ€“] Kkk2237pl@szmer.info 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Ovh has infrastructure in many regions. I still think that aws just have good salesperson ;) I took part in some workshops with guys from one US cloud, so I know what its likeโ€ฆ

https://www.ovhcloud.com/en/about-us/global-infrastructure/regions/

[โ€“] skarn@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Does OVH offer the same degree of demand elasticity? It's an honest question. I know that's something that many AWS users value a lot.

On the other hand, paraphrasing, noone ever got fired for buying AWS.