Google Cloud customer wakes up to $18,000 bill despite $7 budget

Re:Google Cloud customer wakes up to $18,000 bill despite $7... by ReptileMan on Wednesday April 22, 2026 @04:15PM (#47868721)

I am fairly sure that this is antipattern on purpose. If you ask a thousand people on the street what a budget means - they will coalesce on - the money I am willing to spend on something.

The fact that google redefine what budget means and put a warning doesn't make it ok.

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Re:Google Cloud customer wakes up to $18,000 bill despite $7... by torvoborvo on Wednesday April 22, 2026 @06:16PM (#47870012)

Even if US clouds will make more money per capita in the US it has more total income and political advantage from the other 95% of people. US law will be as pro-consumer as Delaware law. (And it will be as restricted to the jurisdiction that decides it as IP law.)

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