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If by "just," you mean a couple of weeks ago, yes. I noticed the change to their documentation about two weeks ago. A couple days later, I checked my own accou

by bityard 2mo ago

If by "just," you mean a couple of weeks ago, yes. I noticed the change to their documentation about two weeks ago. A couple days later, I checked my own account for something unrelated. My main instance (using 12 GB of RAM) was still up, but another that I only used for testing random things had just vanished from my account without a trace. I get that they are well within their rights to reduce the Always Free resources (or even eliminate them entirely), but I did not get any notification that this was changing, nor that they would be terminating my instances that took the account above the Always Free limits. It would honestly have been _less_ sneaky (and potentially damaging) to simply start charging for resources above the new limit. But, Oracle gonna Oracle I guess.

coredog64 2mo ago
Don't anthropomorphize the lawnmower
- qrobit 2mo ago
  https://youtu.be/-zRN7XLCRhc?t=2305 https://youtu.be/-zRN7XLCRhc?t=2305
  - sva_ 2mo ago
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15886728 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15886728
giancarlostoro 2mo ago
> But, Oracle gonna Oracle I guess. This is one of the rare instances where I don't really have an issue with Oracle doing something any sane business would to be honest. It's a free resource and RAM and storage have increased in cost substantially.
- KronisLV 2mo ago
  > I don't really have an issue with Oracle doing something any sane business would to be honest. I don’t have an issue with the reduction, but the communication around it could have been better.
  - giancarlostoro 2mo ago
    Now that is a fair criticism and I agree with that sentiment, I'm not a direct customer so I was unaware altogether.
throwaway67743 2mo ago
It was communicated beginning the middle of June but it's taken them a couple of months to get round to actually doing it - it's not at all reasonable to criticise given the offering. Or even any offering, nobody else even comes close. Also OCI is just technically better than every other cloud, always was. And cheaper. Also their suggestion is to upgrade to "PAYG" as it has been for several years.

by bityard 2mo ago

coredog64 2mo ago

Don't anthropomorphize the lawnmower

qrobit 2mo ago
https://youtu.be/-zRN7XLCRhc?t=2305 https://youtu.be/-zRN7XLCRhc?t=2305
- sva_ 2mo ago
  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15886728 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15886728

giancarlostoro 2mo ago

> But, Oracle gonna Oracle I guess. This is one of the rare instances where I don't really have an issue with Oracle doing something any sane business would to be honest. It's a free resource and RAM and storage have increased in cost substantially.

KronisLV 2mo ago
> I don't really have an issue with Oracle doing something any sane business would to be honest. I don’t have an issue with the reduction, but the communication around it could have been better.
- giancarlostoro 2mo ago
  Now that is a fair criticism and I agree with that sentiment, I'm not a direct customer so I was unaware altogether.

throwaway67743 2mo ago

It was communicated beginning the middle of June but it's taken them a couple of months to get round to actually doing it - it's not at all reasonable to criticise given the offering. Or even any offering, nobody else even comes close. Also OCI is just technically better than every other cloud, always was. And cheaper. Also their suggestion is to upgrade to "PAYG" as it has been for several years.