Seems like you don't understand modern software development or systems architecting. For example Google's Cloud Run is about the same cost as a similar virtual machine if running 24/7, but you do get "magic" autoscaling.
And if you don't like that, just run your own Kubernetes cluster with Knative.
I don't understand why Americans always use those garbage locks even in their homes. You never see such shitty locks in Northern Europe. Literally everyone is using Abloys.