Google’s Bold Plan to Overthrow Amazon as King of the Cloud

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I don't trust Google because there are too many people in there coming up with new ways to fuck with my data.

Hey downvoters, are you Google employees or what? Google obviously uses whatever it can as leverage to push its other products, for example Google Plus.

In short, Google has an agenda.

When it comes to generic hosting, it is very important that my host has no other agenda than getting paid by me.

Google might have technical advantages over their competitors, but as a developer and consumer, their name isn't exactly synonymous with customer service and when you're trusting a provider with your (critical) infrastructure, that's pretty important.

Isnt't that mostly valid for their free services, not the paid ones? (E.g. Google Apps for Business has 24/7 phone support.)

Quite possibly but if that's your only experience with them as a consumer, that's your (my) impression when evaluating them.

So maybe they'll gain customers that have had positive experiences with their paid services?

Plus, in my mind, I see Google with this huge AppEngine that's shared. Other services allow you a lot more flexibility to build your solution. Is this accurate? Not sure, but sometimes perception is reality in marketing.

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