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The speaker attributes cloud providers' high profit margins to the time and expense involved in switching providers.
Dwarkesh Patel · 8 Predictions for the Era of Continual Learning · 7 Aug 2026
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“But the reason that the cloud margins are so high is that it's really time-consuming and expensive to switch from one cloud to another.”Play from 5:06Report a misattribution
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