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Exactly. Olive Garden is $10 for a pasta plate. I could have bought the ingredients for less than $2.

It takes times and skill to turn the ingredients into something useful.

Amazon, Google, and Microsoft are IaaS/PaaS, not ISPs.

Want to disrupt the restaurant industry?

Sell food at cost!

/s

Restaurants operate on pretty thin margins. You're confusing the cost of raw materials with the cost of prepared and served meals.