Fair enough, but with everything google, the free tier good enough for a prototype and personal use. If I need to scale it, there are other options. For me, I a

Fair enough, but with everything google, the free tier good enough for a prototype and personal use. If I need to scale it, there are other options. For me, I appreciate the option of this model, it makes high tech accessible to low capital ventures. And sometimes buying locked in services is the rational decision taking into account the costs of learning other platforms and maintaining a vender unlocked platform.