Looks like this amazing ride of generosity has come to an end for many of us..
Sadly, I’m one of those affected. I also wasn’t able to switch my account to PAYG. I contacted support to ask why, and instead my account was closed. Honestly, that decision really surprised me.
But this isn’t a complaint or a hate post. Quite the opposite. I’m genuinely grateful to everyone who made it possible for us to use such a generous, powerful and reliable service.
I don’t know if Larry Ellison had anything to do with it personally, but just in case - thank you, Larry.
For people like me, it was a chance to get hands on experience with enterprise-level cloud infrastructure and all kinds of other services completely free of charge. To learn, experiment and just see what was possible. For a poor student like I was when I discovered this service, that was priceless.
I doubt anyone at Oracle will ever see this, but I hope people will think twice before blaming Oracle for what happened. The real problem is the people who abused the service and pushed Oracle into having to take such drastic measures.
Whatever happens next, I’ll remember this service with gratitude. It gave a lot of ppl an opportunity they probably wouldn’t have had otherwise.