> The box they're on goes down
So? Not everyone needs 99.999999% availability.
The vast majority of products with paying customers need better availability than “database went down on Friday and I was AFK until Monday, sorry for the 3 day downtime everyone”
> If you don't care about business continuity or high availability then everything gets easier
And some do, so what's your point?
The vast majority of products with paying customers need better availability than “database went down on Friday and I was AFK until Monday, sorry for the 3 day downtime everyone”