I remember back to the very first Google I/O, when App Engine was brand new. During the keynotes, both Vic Gundotra and Marissa Mayer gave inspiring talks about how Google's mission was to enhance the user experience, to speed everything up, add millions of new applications. And that, even by doing these for free, Google would make a larger profit by taking the same cut from a larger pie. More apps = more users = more traffic = more ads served = more $$$.
The concentration was on the user experience, and thus the quantity, quality, and speed of services. Now, Google is asking us to throttle back the user experience (via the Instances & Latency sliders) to avoid exorbitant hosting fees. Really? Did Vic and Marissa sign off on this? I have an app that uses about 1 CPU hour per day, and serves about 250MB per day. It has always been in the free category, even though I have billing enabled. In the "Estimated Charges Under New Pricing", it looks like that will be going to about $70/month. Now, I appreciate App Engine (notice my moniker), and do not expect it to be free. But, an app like this should cost well under $20/month to host. With all the optimizations I have already done, a fair price should be closer to the $9 minimum. So, yes, I think $70/month is exorbitant. And that is just one of my apps. The only way to get this down to a reasonable amount, I will need to get in the app settings and make the visitors wait longer, perhaps even serving up a few 500's. Really?? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
