Yes I thought managed databases were the holy grail of database monetization. How bad were the cloud services that they were providing? They seemed to put quite a lot of effort into that part of their offering too.
There are literally a dozens of SQL database service companies.. yes it's a large market but at a point you're just competing for fumes
No wonder, if you outsource management of DB to someone else why on earth you'd want to have MySQL/MariaDB ?
Many self-hosted business apps require PHP and MySQL.
What's wrong with MySQL and MariaDB?
mostly memes from twenty years ago
Why wouldn't you?
It's widely supported, and tons of software is written on top of it -- requires it.