Re: [Guide] How to run a Bitcoin Core full node for under 50 bucks!
Yes if you need it up now, a week is an intolerably long time. If you just want to run a node, you can start it and walk away and come back next weekend and it should be done.
I agree, although IMO a week for sync is long enough to discourage few people even if they don't need it up quickly.
It's also in general a bad concept running 'decentralized' software on 'centralized' servers. Isn't this what altcoins are doing? Spinning up a few AWS instances and calling it decentralized? 
That makes sense, but there are few use cases where you need to use remote/centralized server. For example, small business or non-profit organization who run BTCPaySever.