In case you were one of the lucky ones able to snag a free account in the olden days, the terms have changed. Instead of 4 CPU and 24 RAM that you were free to whack up amongst 1-4 VPS, now you got 2 CPU and 12 GB RAM, so either one dual-core VPS or two single-core. If you keep using the old setup beyond a certain date (can’t be bothered to look up when that is) you’ll get billed; at reasonable rates, I’m sure.

If I’m reading this correctly, the block volume storage allotment hasn’t changed, but their whole setup is hella confusing, so might be off on that.

Was really a matter of days when they was gonna axe the thing, they fired half a planet’s worth of workers, I’m amazed they left even this much.

edit: I’m behind the times, this was reported more than a month ago: https://linuxiac.com/oracle-quietly-cuts-free-tier-ampere-a1-resources-in-half/

  • BozeKnoflook@lemmy.worldEnglish
    100·
    1 day ago

    There is nothing Oracle could ever do to convince me to use their services or software even if they were free.

    Fuck Oracle, fuck Larry Ellison!

      • JasonDJ@lemmy.zipEnglish
        13·
        1 day ago

        You see what happens, Larry?

        You see what happens?

        This is what happens, Larry. This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps. This is what happens when you feed a stoner scrambled eggs.

        • irmadlad@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          1 day ago

          If I could I’d double upvote. That got an audible belly laugh. Great movie. One of those movies that has so many memorable lines.

  • zikzak025@lemmy.worldEnglish
    63·
    1 day ago

    No one should touch anything Oracle with a 5000ft pole, to be honest. Sorry you had to find out that way, OP.

    • TeaWithDani@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      18 hours ago

      Yeah… I pay money for 2 cores and 4gb RAM. I’d read the fine print on those free services.

      I’m not comfortable with free services anymore. Nor am I comfortable dealing with a company subject to the Cloud Act.

    • GreyEyedGhost@piefed.caEnglish
      2·
      22 hours ago

      I’m not really sure Azure or AWS is much better. Not a defense of Oracle or Larry, just a dearth of free VPS servers out there, and I’m not sure I want to spin up a paid one with the other guys.

  • Albbi@piefed.caEnglish
    17·
    1 day ago

    I suppose this is what getting your stock rated just above trash will do.

  • Saiwal@utsukta.org
    10·
    1 day ago

    the notification says :

    Does not impact existing boot volumes, Block Volumes, or running instancesApplies only to new instance launches or workflows that create new boot volumes after enforcement is enabled

    • yuman@programming.devOPEnglish
      12·
      1 day ago

      thanks. the notification went away after login and I wasn’t able to find its text anywhere in the myriad of pages.

      also I’d take this “does not” coming from them with a bag of salt.