Oracle Giving Away 4-Core 24 GB Memory Ampere Instances
Be extremely wary of Oracle free tiers.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.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).I still get extremely high quantities of A4 paper through the mail box, at one point it was 29 pages of the same invoice.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.Caveat Emptor.EDIT: in case someone thinks I am joking. This was one of the packs: https://imgur.com/0fbsR3E