There is one more option - Application just has to shutdown since there is no money to pay. If a bill of $2k per month suddenly becomes $10k per month, there are not many who can pay that. Just for comparison sake, in the US mortgage crisis, at the end of 5ARM a sudden increase in 1% of interest rate(effectively $200-$500 dollars/ month, depending on total amount) lead home owners to default and file bankruptcy.
On Jun 27, 12:50 pm, Branko Vukelic <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 6:44 PM, vivpuri <[email protected]> wrote: > > In my opinion, this pricing change has ability to destroy AppEngine. > > I believe you are underestimating the amount of bad experience users > that are locked into the platform will put up with before they switch. > I'm sure Google could have done some PR before this change, and > prepped the users for the change, but I'm also sure most users will > just bite the bullet and pay up. Sure, some will leave, but I bet most > will stick to GAE. > > If you coded your application without any layer of abstraction, and > your code is highly optimized for running on GAE, it costs more to > move away from it, than to sustain the increased fees until you can > monetize your application. Of course, if the application wasn't meant > to be used for business, that's different. If it's a hobby, you can > 'afford' to move to another platform. But for a business that is > planning on monetizing, moving is just as expensive as staying. > > -- > Branko Vukelić > [email protected] > > Lead Developer > Herd Hound (tm) - Travel that doesn't bitewww.herdhound.com -- 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.
