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Google users fight for refunds as unauthorized API usage bills soar

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

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

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/1d44f49e-797b-44c1-a062-24db04d324a5/https-www.theregister.com-ai-ml-2026-05-13-google-users-fight-for-refunds-as-unauthorized-api-usage-bills-soar-5239160RSS for NodeMon, 25 May 2026 08:21:16 GMTWed, 13 May 2026 16:26:04 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to https://www.theregister.com/ai-ml/2026/05/13/google-users-fight-for-refunds-as-unauthorized-api-usage-bills-soar/5239160 on Wed, 13 May 2026 16:46:17 GMT]]>@Viss then they complain when we treat them as adversarial, whose fault is that?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/BabblingGeek/statuses/116568278817759946https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/BabblingGeek/statuses/116568278817759946Wed, 13 May 2026 16:46:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to https://www.theregister.com/ai-ml/2026/05/13/google-users-fight-for-refunds-as-unauthorized-api-usage-bills-soar/5239160 on Wed, 13 May 2026 16:41:22 GMT]]>@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

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Viss/statuses/116568259460833441https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Viss/statuses/116568259460833441Wed, 13 May 2026 16:41:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to https://www.theregister.com/ai-ml/2026/05/13/google-users-fight-for-refunds-as-unauthorized-api-usage-bills-soar/5239160 on Wed, 13 May 2026 16:37:09 GMT]]>@Viss changing the spending cap without approval is wild. What’s the point of a spending cap if it’s not respected?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/BabblingGeek/statuses/116568242900673213https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/BabblingGeek/statuses/116568242900673213Wed, 13 May 2026 16:37:09 GMT