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I can give you one reason: Amazon is also a competitor to many online retailers. Putting your business in the lap of a competitor is not something you do lightl

by mongol 3y ago

I can give you one reason: Amazon is also a competitor to many online retailers. Putting your business in the lap of a competitor is not something you do lightly.

Horffupolde 3y ago
Could encrypting at rest work?
- Yoric 3y ago
  How would that help?
- mongol 3y ago
  Your competitor will still see the size of your business, what you pay for and where, etc. And they will set the price you pay. Better to avoid.
  - theownan 3y ago
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- deleted 3y ago
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redwood 3y ago
So why not Google Cloud?
- StarlaAtNight 3y ago
  that's what Home Depot did, and they're a huge customer of GCP
- madboston 3y ago
  Probably because Google doesn't have a good reputation at keeping products alive for long time?
  - theownan 3y ago
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  - latchkey 3y ago
    ... said on the post where Microsoft is deprecating a product.
    - tuwtuwtuwtuw 3y ago
      Arguing that Google is better than Microsoft at managaging backwards compatibility and keeping things alive would be silly at best.
    - x86_64Ubuntu 3y ago
      MS will delete your db and it's data, Google will delete Google Cloud in it's entirety.
- mongol 3y ago
  Ask them
- rany_ 3y ago
  I've found GCP to be extremely expensive bandwidth wise, however the network is also really good. So I suppose it's understandable that they'd charge a premium.
- whimsicalism 3y ago
  Azure is cheaper than GCP considerably for my usecases
- Jgrubb 3y ago
  In contrast to my comment above about Azure taking care of the people who pay the bills, GCP's design around the billing and understanding spend UX is absolutely the most hostile of the big 3. Their design choices around hardware reservations and aggregating resources in the bill that make it impossible to understand what cost what is frustrating to say the least.
- bedobi 3y ago
  Because Google Cloud don't care about their customers and have zero support. Srsly educate yourself on the horror stories about businesses built on Google Cloud having their account catastrophically, irrevocably deleted with zero explanation or ability to talk to anyone about it.

by mongol 3y ago

I can give you one reason: Amazon is also a competitor to many online retailers. Putting your business in the lap of a competitor is not something you do lightly.

Horffupolde 3y ago

Could encrypting at rest work?

Yoric 3y ago
How would that help?
mongol 3y ago
Your competitor will still see the size of your business, what you pay for and where, etc. And they will set the price you pay. Better to avoid.
- theownan 3y ago
  [dead]
deleted 3y ago
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redwood 3y ago

So why not Google Cloud?

StarlaAtNight 3y ago
that's what Home Depot did, and they're a huge customer of GCP
madboston 3y ago
Probably because Google doesn't have a good reputation at keeping products alive for long time?
- theownan 3y ago
  [dead]
- latchkey 3y ago
  ... said on the post where Microsoft is deprecating a product.
  - tuwtuwtuwtuw 3y ago
    Arguing that Google is better than Microsoft at managaging backwards compatibility and keeping things alive would be silly at best.
  - x86_64Ubuntu 3y ago
    MS will delete your db and it's data, Google will delete Google Cloud in it's entirety.
mongol 3y ago
Ask them
rany_ 3y ago
I've found GCP to be extremely expensive bandwidth wise, however the network is also really good. So I suppose it's understandable that they'd charge a premium.
whimsicalism 3y ago
Azure is cheaper than GCP considerably for my usecases
Jgrubb 3y ago
In contrast to my comment above about Azure taking care of the people who pay the bills, GCP's design around the billing and understanding spend UX is absolutely the most hostile of the big 3. Their design choices around hardware reservations and aggregating resources in the bill that make it impossible to understand what cost what is frustrating to say the least.
bedobi 3y ago
Because Google Cloud don't care about their customers and have zero support. Srsly educate yourself on the horror stories about businesses built on Google Cloud having their account catastrophically, irrevocably deleted with zero explanation or ability to talk to anyone about it.