They didn't "triple the price". They changed the model of what they charged and how. For some users, this definitely screwed them. For many others the list p

They didn't "triple the price". They changed the model of what they charged and how. For some users, this definitely screwed them. For many others the list price could have gone up quite a bit, but with just a bit of performance tuning could have been perfectly fine. I speak from experience... the pricing shift incentivized me to do some refactoring, and my monthly bill dropped by ~50-60%. And AppEngine is absolutely the right solution for some users, like people who don't want anything to do with sysadmin work, configuring containers, etc. (Like myself.)