I said "screw it" after my Oracle Cloud "always free" account was terminated with no recourse, a few days after having activity on the database building an application prototype, well under the resource limits. I'm now running a libvirt VM on my laptop to develop the prototype.
Others have complained about Oracle Cloud's draconian practices. Doesn't sound like a company that wants to build a cloud business.
I think they're making a classic BigCorp mistake: thinking they can just focus on the high-end customers. They don't realize that everything is connected in this industry, and today's hobbyists and sole proprietors are tomorrow's Fortune 500 VPs of Engineering (and vice versa).
Oracle is extra slimey with their "always-free" stuff though. It's free in the sense that you'll have salesmen after you and always as in maybe two months.
GCP on the other hand...have been running on their always-free tier for years no. (One of those 1/4 cpu wordpress VMs)
Others have complained about Oracle Cloud's draconian practices. Doesn't sound like a company that wants to build a cloud business.
Cheers