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I don't see the problem. Is this not the value proposition of the cloud? At scale things like block level de-duplication and over-provisioning of compute are more efficient to say nothing of power and cooling. This efficiency drives down cost. As long as your data isn't leaking and you get the hardware you pay for when you need it what's the problem?

>>mulmen+(OP)
Value to whom? Sell a thing and not deliver it. This this our current millieu to scam people and make the difference.

The entire vibe of this thread is

1) everyone is doing it

2) efficiency drives cost down (to the vendor) but those savings are not passed to the consumer

3) "hardware you pay for when you need it", all predicated on the at IF and it doesn't happen.

Oversubscription should always be opt-in, otherwise it is an underhanded scam.