Oracle Cloud halving always free resources on the 15th June

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So, if you don't want to be charged, you'll need to reduce down to 2 vCPUs and 12GB RAM by the 15th.

I think this is criminal as Oracle seem to be not notifying users and their interpretation of "always free" has now changed to "sometimes free until we change our mind".

Had I not seen this, I would have been billed out the wazoo. Thank you. How this isn't criminal beats me

The lack of warning should make this illegal, but I don't fancy taking on Oracle's fleet of lawyers to take them to court over it. I imagine there will be lots of people getting unexpected charges for their "always free" instances.

I expect there's some weasel words in the contract, but I would expect consumer protection laws (e.g. in Europe) would ultimately favour Oracle's victim/customer.

Oh, wait… you mean the same company that, for years, installed Oracle Database Encryption enabled by default even though it required an extra license?

The same company that, during routine audits, aggressively billed customers for having that feature enabled, even when those customers pleaded, explained, and proved it was an honest mistake and that the feature had never actually been used?

That company is now being accused of doing something illegal?

That company?

oh this is gonna suck so much; i was always seriously amazed that it was free for so long though

What happened to the "always" in "always free"

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