Given the lack of official statements on it, it's not looking good on the outside.
Certainly appears like Nitrado might be allowed to charge a high rate for renting servers while Snail denies the end users the ability to host their own so there's no alternative aside from paying Nitrado.
Obviously if that's what's going on we're not going to see them come out and say that because it would torpedo a lot of the sales potential during the initial sales push.
I really don't want to be right on this, but I have that sinking feeling in my gut I just can't shake.