Yeah, the hard limitation to request duration is pretty nasty too. It's a pretty limited platform overall, and never took aoff, so maybe they are trying to push people off it so they can eventually sunset it?
Deliberately pushing people out? Probably not. They had a major decision point available when they chose to either exit beta and step onto a release product schedule or drop the project entirely. The fact that they chose to productize it bodes well for the immediate future. Adding SLA and SSL was also non-trivial from a product perspective.
But, that does mean that you have to figure out what your revenue-producing tenants are going to look like, just as you would do in physical real estate. Yes, it looks like the high-traffic commodity-product (think Halloween store) doesn't make a good tenant. But that doesn't mean that a jewelry store or office (low throughput, high value per-square foot) wouldn't be a good tenant.
But, that does mean that you have to figure out what your revenue-producing tenants are going to look like, just as you would do in physical real estate. Yes, it looks like the high-traffic commodity-product (think Halloween store) doesn't make a good tenant. But that doesn't mean that a jewelry store or office (low throughput, high value per-square foot) wouldn't be a good tenant.