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Great question. I want to know the answer to it. I apologize for being skeptical but the wording in the contract seems to be extremely handwavy and they don't

Great question. I want to know the answer to it. I apologize for being skeptical but the wording in the contract seems to be extremely handwavy and they don't give me any confidence that if my bill goes from $4 to $200 that month because I made it to the front page of reddit, my bandwidth will magically be waived. Right now, I feel 100% sure that my credit card would get charged.

sodality2 4y ago
Contractually? I doubt it. But they have refunded many, many people on their forums after they report accidental charges. Whether they continue is a different story, but I feel safe using it and certain that I won't be overcharged. To be clear a bandwidth limit would be awesome! And the pricing may not be for everyone. However there is a large amount of leeway as evidenced by the community forum posts.
- jen20 4y ago
  Good will does not feel like a good way to scale this. For a business that might be ok, but I’m highly unlikely to recommend to a business something I haven’t personally investigated, and I’m not writing cheques whose value is dependent on the good will of a startup. I don’t understand why cloud providers will not accommodate this basic “prepay to X and allow me to use the credit” model.
  - sodality2 4y ago
    >I don’t understand why cloud providers will not accommodate this basic “prepay to X and allow me to use the credit” model. They actually do: > You can configure fly.io apps with a max monthly budget, we'll suspend them when they hit that budget, and then re-enable them at the beginning of the next month. From their Launch HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22616857 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22616857
    - brundolf 4y ago
      According to this they got rid of the feature at some point: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31391451 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31391451

sodality2 4y ago

Contractually? I doubt it. But they have refunded many, many people on their forums after they report accidental charges. Whether they continue is a different story, but I feel safe using it and certain that I won't be overcharged. To be clear a bandwidth limit would be awesome! And the pricing may not be for everyone. However there is a large amount of leeway as evidenced by the community forum posts.

jen20 4y ago
Good will does not feel like a good way to scale this. For a business that might be ok, but I’m highly unlikely to recommend to a business something I haven’t personally investigated, and I’m not writing cheques whose value is dependent on the good will of a startup. I don’t understand why cloud providers will not accommodate this basic “prepay to X and allow me to use the credit” model.
- sodality2 4y ago
  >I don’t understand why cloud providers will not accommodate this basic “prepay to X and allow me to use the credit” model. They actually do: > You can configure fly.io apps with a max monthly budget, we'll suspend them when they hit that budget, and then re-enable them at the beginning of the next month. From their Launch HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22616857 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22616857
  - brundolf 4y ago
    According to this they got rid of the feature at some point: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31391451 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31391451