Oracle Giving Away 4-Core 24 GB Memory Ampere Instances
Be extremely wary of Oracle free tiers.<p>They offered a free tier and forced me to choose a shape. I chose the smallest of the two “shapes” but it was apparently not free. This was not especially clear until I got my first bill (it was extortionate; like 60eur/mo for 1cpu/2g ram) so I stopped/removed the instance.<p>This did not prevent me from being billed the next month, or the next month. They charged me until my card expired- then they finally cancelled the account and I paid the last bill manually. They then added another 0.1SEK charge (which is not payable, as 1SEK is the lowest denomination of currency).<p>I still get extremely high quantities of A4 paper through the mail box, at one point it was 29 pages of the same invoice.<p>I could have done something wrong here, but there is a distinct dark pattern on sign up and there are definitely bugs in the billing system.<p>Caveat Emptor.<p>EDIT: in case someone thinks I am joking. This was one of the packs: <a href="https://imgur.com/0fbsR3E" rel="nofollow">https://imgur.com/0fbsR3E</a>