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That is quite hostile to their consumers, no matter how they spin it. If you put a budget on something it should be capped.
by ReptileMan 6mo ago
That is quite hostile to their consumers, no matter how they spin it. If you put a budget on something it should be capped.
- dpoloncsak 6mo agoI am the last person to defend Google Cloud and it's awful UX. With that said, when you go to set a budget it warns you "Setting a budget does not cap resource or API consumption. Learn more." with a hyperlink to https://docs.cloud.google.com/billing/docs/how-to/budgets?_gl=1*pbeau7*_ga*NDE1OTYzNzUwLjE3NzQ4OTEwNjU.*_ga_WH2QY8WWF5*czE3NzY4ODEwNTYkbzIkZzEkdDE3NzY4ODExMzIkajQ0JGwwJGgw https://docs.cloud.google.com/billing/docs/how-to/budgets?_g...
- Telaneo 6mo agoThe only way I can read that is 'setting a cap does nothing' but reading that tells me that it only turns on email notifications. Not any better really. It's simply not a cap. It's an alarm.
- sunaookami 6mo agoYes, there is no way to set a budget for Google Cloud. And alarms are delayed up to two hours (!)
- dpoloncsak 6mo agoAgreed. I don't agree with the underlying design decisions either, but you literally set a "Budget Alert" on Google Cloud. It's designed to be an alarm, not a cap. I was just trying to point that out
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- danny_codes 6mo agoIMO it’s deceptive to market it as a cap. It’s genuinely confusing. The service page should read “we can charge you an unlimited amount at any time if you make a technical mistake”
- 7bit 6mo agoClick here to let the puppy life* * By clicking here you agree to kill it And you're defending that?
- dpoloncsak 6mo agoNo, I think Google should provide easy tools to actually cap spending, instead of recommending you set quota limits on your APIs. The article, and the comment I was replying to, make it seem like an error in the Google Budget system. I'm simply trying to say this system is working as designed and documented.
- ReptileMan 6mo agoI am fairly sure that this is antipattern on purpose. If you ask a thousand people on the street what a budget means - they will coalesce on - the money I am willing to spend on something. The fact that google redefine what budget means and put a warning doesn't make it ok.
- torvoborvo 6mo agoEven if US clouds will make more money per capita in the US it has more total income and political advantage from the other 95% of people. US law will be as pro-consumer as Delaware law. (And it will be as restricted to the jurisdiction that decides it as IP law.)
- stevenicr 6mo agoWhoa! What?! I recently turned a couple things on in google cloud and I was under the impression that the budget was a hard limit, not an email notify system. If this is true I must seriously rethink my plan for marketing, and throttle on my own website somehow.