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People complain about this all the time. AWS is the most common example that comes to mind.

• fastball 6y ago
  You're right, I meant complain that it is "shady" or "sleazy". People get annoyed by a lack of hard limits you can set, but it's not "shady" – you are literally paying for your usage of the product. It's not like they're making you pay for something you're not using (which is when I would start to call something "shady").
  • tchaffee 6y ago
    I consider AWS' almost indecipherable usage billing to be shady. I very much doubt I'm alone. It's next to impossible to predict your AWS usage bill for anything beyond a very basic setup. What's annoying is the solution is a simple radio button: bill me for what I use or stop my service when I go over limits. Who does it benefit to not have that hard limit? The customer or business? The answer is why it feels shady.
    • fastball 6y ago
      AWS isn't psychic. They don't know what you're going to use, so of course they can't predict what it will cost. Their fees are out there in the open, if you know how much you are going to use AWS it is actually trivially to calculate how much it will cost you. They even have price calculators. Also, not having an option doesn't mean a company has intentionally done that because it benefits them.