This group is an inner circle of App Engine users. We have cried hell and high water over the last 3 months since Google released plans to increase their pricing. The message we got from Google could be summarized as: - You do not yet know how much the prices will increase, so calm down and wait. We don't expect 10X or 40X or other crazy things you guys are saying. Yes, there will be an increase, but not a ridiculous one. - We will allow you compare the old prices with the new prices and give you time to adjust - Please continue to trust us as you always have
That calmed us down. However, what Google has done today is extremely deceptive and underhanded. They didn't even have the decency and courtesy to give us more than 2 weeks notice to adjust after releasing the comparison, or ensure they have their runtime in place before proceeding (ie Python 2.7, Tools to request your data offline like Amazon does, more than 6 weeks discount). They basically said "to hell with them. They are not our target business anyway". I've put my thoughts in a blog post at http://blog.ugorji.net/2011/09/google-app-engine-new-pricing-sucks.html and don't want to reproduce the whole contents here. Please read it. It's time we stopped shouting to ourselves and to Google who it clearly seems could care less and expect this to boil over. Let's take to twitter, facebook, google plus and blog posts - things that people outside our tight-knit community see. >From my part, I have started the following: - Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/GoogleAppEngineNewPricingSucks/226690334046342 - Twitter Hashtag: #GoogleAppEngineNewPricingSucks http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23GoogleAppEngineNewPricingSucks - Blog Post: http://blog.ugorji.net/2011/09/google-app-engine-new-pricing-sucks.html - Google Plus Post: https://plus.google.com/115545205253432230935/posts/7oJGwFEgDgC Please join and let's let our voices be heard. Let's all write our own blog posts about our concerns and impressions, and post links on twitter and facebook. Let's reshare our thoughts on Google Plus. That's the least we can do since Google has decided that they can pick and choose when to call on their "Do No Evil" slogan. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-appengine/-/NbSj-RFJ-nkJ. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
