Such alternatives would have the same massive downsides as GAE (outdated software by design, lock-in by design). I'm not saying "Don't use GAE because it's exp

Such alternatives would have the same massive downsides as GAE (outdated software by design, lock-in by design). I'm not saying "Don't use GAE because it's expensive/google/whatever". I'm saying "Don't use GAE or anything like it".