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Incident Report: May 19, 2026 – GCP Account Suspension

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Re: Incident Report: May 19, 2026 – GCP Account Suspension

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Railway has not had the best month in the tech press have they? And in both cases it was an automated process belonging to some other party that put them there, damaging their reputation.

I was going to talk to our google rep about their killing the Gemini cli but this is way more concerning.

Re: Incident Report: May 19, 2026 – GCP Account Suspension

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Google, the new Microsoft!

Honestly they really are starting to look that way. Total opinionated Walled Garden that's against an open and thriving ecosystem. Unlike Microsoft the technology is not yet garbage but I hope this isn't where they're going to end up

Re: Incident Report: May 19, 2026 – GCP Account Suspension

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Google, the new Microsoft!

I think this is just the default endgame of large corporates which suck up large quantities of customers. They are a race to the bottom and you end up with service by footgun. My own company is responsible for doing this in our sector. Literally every technology decision favours automation over verification because it's cheaper to say sorry than do it right.

Re: Incident Report: May 19, 2026 – GCP Account Suspension

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Google, the new Microsoft!

Honestly they really are starting to look that way. Total opinionated Walled Garden that's against an open and thriving ecosystem. Unlike Microsoft the technology is not yet garbage but I hope this isn't where they're going to end up

It sure is heading towards being garbage, though. Search is actively being degraded in favor of a barely functioning AI, and I'm sure it's not going to stop there. Seems like it was inevitable once ad/finance people got ahold of the company.
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