Comment on I hate Clouds - a personal perspective on why I think Clouds suck

iso@lemy.lol ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• loudwhisper@infosec.pub ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  What do you mean by “promotion”? A discount? Credits to get started?

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  • iso@lemy.lol ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah credits makes more sense 👍

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    • loudwhisper@infosec.pub ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Oh yeah, I know that that’s a thing. It’s a practice not too different from the stereotypical drug dealer who gets you hooked on free drugs. In this case the idea is that if you start there, you get vendor-locked and you will have to pay that amount many times over. I understand the appeal from the company perspective, though.

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      • iso@lemy.lol ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yes absolutely true. For example, GKE looks very nice, but when we use one of their features, it creates the need to use other features too. That’s why I warned the boss a lot. Even though they have great features, we try to use generic applications to avoid hooks.

        I hope they don’t take the credit back :)

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