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by robotswantdata 61 days ago
Do yourself a favour and automate unlinking the billing account. Set it to fire when your budget is hit or whatever your risk tolerance is.

Yes nuclear option, but I’ll take an hour down time over a $100k unexpected bill

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Budget alerts can be up to 24 hrs delayed. It’s the pull out method of billing protection
You still owe a debt, even with no card on file.
If Google really is stupid enough to send collectors for this, they have every right to be sued for obviously deceptive business practices.
And Google owes honoring the budget limits no?
Dangerous litigation for Google to get into. I assume they’d prefer to settle out of court or comp you
When disconnected all services immediately stop. So no big bills.