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Just a heads-up, you can get 1 CPU and 0.6 gigs of RAM for free with the new entry tier of GCP: https://cloud.google.com/free/ https://cloud.google.com/free/ (

Just a heads-up, you can get 1 CPU and 0.6 gigs of RAM for free with the new entry tier of GCP: https://cloud.google.com/free/ https://cloud.google.com/free/ (Disclaimer: Google employee, unrelated product area)

nkkollaw 10y ago
So, one gets 1 VPS for free forever..?
- homero 10y ago
  Yeah it's pretty cool
- trollsonson 10y ago
  Yeah. Forever. That's how cloud works.
- indexerror 10y ago
  It seems like it is $300 for the next 12 months. There is no mention of always free.
  - nyolfen 10y ago
    from the parent's link: > Always Free Products > Use these products for free up to the specified usage limits during and past the free trial. These usage limits do not expire, but are subject to change.
Laforet 10y ago
Notwithstanding the irony of one google service hurting another, the free tier only has 1GB of free egress traffic right?
- Orangeair 10y ago
  Dang, you're right, I forgot about that. So not so suitable, unfortunately. Seems like root + a local hosts adblocker is still the best solution for Android, or a local VPN for iOS (do they have those on Android? never checked).
  - Laforet 10y ago
    Ideally you'd want to have L7 filtering so an SSL terminating proxy is the best thing short of running a fully functional copy of uBlock on your mobile device, lest you run into issues where removing ads on youtube also interferes with normal site function.
  - bitmapbrother 10y ago
    Or, you know, you could actually pay for a reddit app without ads.
  - cromulent 10y ago
    I don't have a full understanding of what's going on here, so this might be a stupid comment: Isn't 1GB of DNS lookups quite a lot?
    - Orangeair 10y ago
      Geez, color me double-wrong. Yes, that should be plenty. I thought was a VPN-esque solution that required shuffling all traffic through the VPS instance, but yes you're right, it's basically just a custom DNS server. In which case this would be totally fine. I might even try it myself if I ever decide to unroot my phone.
      - filmor 10y ago
        DNS66 (https://github.com/julian-klode/dns66 https://github.com/julian-klode/dns66) doesn't require root. It uses the Android VPN system to capture DNS requests and forwards everything else.
        10y ago
homero 10y ago
.2 cpu
Retr0spectrum 10y ago
Am I the only one who finds the cloud console interface very unintuitive? How do I actually make use of the free tier, and set up something I can SSH into?
abricot 10y ago
Not for personal use in Europe.
msh 10y ago
But not in the EU, there you cannot sign up as a individual only as a business :(
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tr0ni5 10y ago
Unfortunate that a credit card has to be provided for a "free" trial

nkkollaw 10y ago

So, one gets 1 VPS for free forever..?

homero 10y ago
Yeah it's pretty cool
trollsonson 10y ago
Yeah. Forever. That's how cloud works.
indexerror 10y ago
It seems like it is $300 for the next 12 months. There is no mention of always free.
- nyolfen 10y ago
  from the parent's link: > Always Free Products > Use these products for free up to the specified usage limits during and past the free trial. These usage limits do not expire, but are subject to change.

Laforet 10y ago

Notwithstanding the irony of one google service hurting another, the free tier only has 1GB of free egress traffic right?

Orangeair 10y ago
Dang, you're right, I forgot about that. So not so suitable, unfortunately. Seems like root + a local hosts adblocker is still the best solution for Android, or a local VPN for iOS (do they have those on Android? never checked).
- Laforet 10y ago
  Ideally you'd want to have L7 filtering so an SSL terminating proxy is the best thing short of running a fully functional copy of uBlock on your mobile device, lest you run into issues where removing ads on youtube also interferes with normal site function.
- bitmapbrother 10y ago
  Or, you know, you could actually pay for a reddit app without ads.
- cromulent 10y ago
  I don't have a full understanding of what's going on here, so this might be a stupid comment: Isn't 1GB of DNS lookups quite a lot?
  - Orangeair 10y ago
    Geez, color me double-wrong. Yes, that should be plenty. I thought was a VPN-esque solution that required shuffling all traffic through the VPS instance, but yes you're right, it's basically just a custom DNS server. In which case this would be totally fine. I might even try it myself if I ever decide to unroot my phone.
    - filmor 10y ago
      DNS66 (https://github.com/julian-klode/dns66 https://github.com/julian-klode/dns66) doesn't require root. It uses the Android VPN system to capture DNS requests and forwards everything else.
      - 10y ago

homero 10y ago

.2 cpu

Retr0spectrum 10y ago

Am I the only one who finds the cloud console interface very unintuitive? How do I actually make use of the free tier, and set up something I can SSH into?

abricot 10y ago

Not for personal use in Europe.

msh 10y ago

But not in the EU, there you cannot sign up as a individual only as a business :(

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tr0ni5 10y ago

Unfortunate that a credit card has to be provided for a "free" trial