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2021-06-15 10:43:49 +08:00
This isn't a mistake, the design is their business model. While we don't have a specific formal definition and name for it in the category of dark patterns, I'd like to name it "scumbag billing," where we got scumbagged.
Always use a virtual card for this. This way you can tell in advance how much can be drawn max and the expiration date. And even if their database is compromised it won't work elsewhere.
Funny enough I do the same thing with PayPal as I do with DO, deposit money in there, don't tie it to my bank account. Any problems, at least my losses are limited.
The liability is on Google's side, mostly. There are hard limits in terms of the number of instances you can create without deliberately asking to spend more money, and these hard limits are set based on what Google is willing to write off for an overnight mistake.
Cloud providers somehow turned a commodity business into a high margin business. The costs are way lower than you think. The other factor is that keeping customers means more profit than throwing them out, even if they have made a mistake.
为什么我在国外论坛上查到的。和楼上的说法不一致
高贵的洋大人。也建议你 使用虚拟信用卡 paypal 等绕过,已经被扣的去谈判减免,付不起的跑路
反而国内电信运营商对待天价账单的态度是免除