> What I've heard is Azure is a pain in the ass, and things take three times as long to set up there, for some reason.

Doesn't matter. The cost here is a rounding error. What does matter is something like this:

https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/develop/migrate...

https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2021/05/Google-Docs-...

https://workspace.google.com/blog/product-announcements/elev...

https://killedbygoogle.com/

https://www.tomsguide.com/news/g-suite-free-shutdown

Etc.

These sorts of behaviors take out whole swaths of businesses wholesale. It's random, and you never know when it will happen to you.

It's the difference between managing a classroom with:

- an annoying kid throwing spitballs every day (Azure)

- the quiet kid who, one day, brings an assault rifle, a few extra mags, and starts spraying bullets into the cafeteria (Google).

Yes, one is a constant source of annoyance, but really, it's very manageable when you consider the alternative.