> But it's not actually booted until the service is up, so it's moot.
With per second billing, fast boot times save money and enable lower fixed capacity, further lowering cost.
With per second billing, fast boot times save money and enable lower fixed capacity, further lowering cost.
You are not paying per-second for the VM. The VM itself adds zero value to you. It's the service that's running (or in this case, not) that you're paying for.
Who cares how long it takes before systemd calls listen()? Nobody derives value from that. You're not paying for that. You're paying for the SERVICE to be ready. And if you're not, then why are you even spinning up a VM, if it's not going to run a service?
It's just clever accounting.