I may have misunderstood but it appears kubernetes as a service was chosen (via GCE), but this is compared to alternatives which you have to install by yourself

I may have misunderstood but it appears kubernetes as a service was chosen (via GCE), but this is compared to alternatives which you have to install by yourself. This is slightly unfair as the setup and configuration of kubernetes on your own kit is fairly difficult, at least it was the last time I looked, especially the networking side of things.