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minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoHundreds of things that cost tens of thousands of dollars versus thousands of things that costs hundreds of thousands a year. You’re literally saying that Steam’s server costs are orders of magnitude less than Gamestop’s retail store location costs.
minus-squareCorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoThat is literally what I’m saying, yes. I take it you have never worked on the operations side of data centers?
Hundreds of things that cost tens of thousands of dollars versus thousands of things that costs hundreds of thousands a year.
You’re literally saying that Steam’s server costs are orders of magnitude less than Gamestop’s retail store location costs.
That is literally what I’m saying, yes. I take it you have never worked on the operations side of data centers?