It most definitely is not, you are right! I think the main difference IMO is that by paying that price with k8s I at least have something that resembles an application platform and I can easily ship containers, deploy my app and not deal with hardware so much as I'd have to do in the past deploying to servers.
But, as mentioned, I only see it as a developer. My end product with k8s resembles something that's closer to my development tools than what I'd have maintaining a series of servers and using other tools to deploy apps onto.
But, as mentioned, I only see it as a developer. My end product with k8s resembles something that's closer to my development tools than what I'd have maintaining a series of servers and using other tools to deploy apps onto.