https://www.theregister.com/ai-ml/2026/05/13/google-users-fight-for-refunds-as-unauthorized-api-usage-bills-soar/5239160

[viss@mastodon.social]

Google users fight for refunds as unauthorized API usage bills soar

'What the hell is going on? It's just draining my money'

theregister (www.theregister.com)

go to the cloud they said
it'll be fine they said

[babblinggeek@infosec.exchange]

@Viss changing the spending cap without approval is wild. What’s the point of a spending cap if it’s not respected?

[viss@mastodon.social]

@BabblingGeek these companies are not your friends. they like being able to ding you for 10 grand then threaten you with legal action when you dont pay. i wager google is turning as rotten in the middle as apple has become

[babblinggeek@infosec.exchange]

@Viss then they complain when we treat them as adversarial, whose fault is that?