Would having a locally-hosted model offset any of these costs?

Laziness. Grocery stores offer incredibly healthy, tasty, and cheap options now that take two minutes to cook and can be stored for a week.

And nobody else because the geniuses at Reuters thought it was a good idea to make it an exclusive. Also paywalled.

MySpace would have won had they not been outcompeted by virtue of their momentum though.

Then it should be “This is your first and final warning. The next time we catch you, it’s a ban.”. People are building their lives around this stuff and kneejerk bans erode good faith in your platform.