[LapsangGuzzler]

I think that relying on a free service in a production environment that could cause an outage is a really, really bad idea because you have no SLA or relationship with the vendor. In that sense, you are very much getting what you paid for.

[Shekelphile]

It's not like paid services haven't done tons of rugpulls and unannounced changes over the last few years.

[LapsangGuzzler]

Oh I’m not saying that paid services are perfect by any means. But relying on a free service in prod is unquestionably more risky than using an established service in a paid context.