late 1970s mcdonalds menu says hamburger and next line is slice of cheese. smart ass kid rolls in and orders just a slice of cheese. cashier has to bring over the manager… doesnt know how to prepare and serve it. manager has to call district manager, who has to call corporate. its on the menu they have to serve it, and safely. they end up heating up a slice on wax paper. after that all the mcdonalds menus in the country is changed to say cheeseburger.
modern cloud based apps can spin up additional servers as demand spikes and spin them down when demand goes back down, with load balancing etc. limited by the financial budget for such hosting. does firefox have millions of dollars to capture some major adoption? i think they should.