Why I distrust Google Cloud more than than AWS or Azure

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Post by igorhvr » Thu, Apr 22, 2021, 12:19 AM UTC

Why I distrust Google Cloud more than than AWS or Azure
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Post by marcinzm » Thu, Apr 22, 2021, 1:15 AM UTC

What left a bad taste in my mouth is any quota increase getting rejected unless you got on a phone call with sales and listened to an upsell speech. I'm trying to give you money and you're putting roadblocks in front of me.

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Post by alessandroetc » Thu, Apr 22, 2021, 1:18 AM UTC

Storj.io for the win. Move over Google!

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Post by cmeacham98 » Thu, Apr 22, 2021, 1:19 AM UTC

I don't know, seems to be mostly filled with speculation and anecdotes. I can find similar anecdotes of bad behavior by Amzon, for example claims of using AWS to steal its users' business ideas[1].

Admittedly, the original author's title of "Why I distrust Google Cloud more than AWS or Azure" much better describes their position than the editorialized title of the HN submitter ("Why Google Cloud is less trustworthy than AWS or Azure").

1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23929044

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Post by VHRanger » Thu, Apr 22, 2021, 1:21 AM UTC

All the providers are reliable if you stick to simple stuff (VMs, storage, DB, etc.) or as OP called it "cloud agnostic stuff".

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Post by c_s_guy » Thu, Apr 22, 2021, 1:21 AM UTC

marcinzm wrote: post #2

What left a bad taste in my mouth is any quota increase getting rejected unless you got on a phone call with sales and listened to an upsell speech. I'm trying to give you money and you're putting roadblocks in front of me.

I had a similar problem. We wanted to get on a call to resolve it quickly, but was instead forced into an email chain where I received a reply every 3 weeks.

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Post by jonas21 » Thu, Apr 22, 2021, 1:21 AM UTC

I see the Google hate on HN is strong enough that an article that just regurgitates the contents of a few articles and blog posts can be upvoted to #1 in short order.

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Post by de6u99er » Thu, Apr 22, 2021, 1:21 AM UTC

I recommend to do as much k8s and try to avoid any vendor specific lock-ins as possible.

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Post by tarikjn » Thu, Apr 22, 2021, 1:24 AM UTC

Google generally does not come off to me as having a great customer support culture. To appreciate the scale of the issue, take a look at the hoops and blackboxes merchants who want to be listed on Google Shopping have to go through and all the horror stories online. I did notice on Google Workspace and Google One that they do seem to be trying to improve the support experience.

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Post by elchief » Thu, Apr 22, 2021, 1:25 AM UTC

has GCP cancelled products? Or is that just Google