Disclosure: I work on Google Cloud (and helped launch this).
While I appreciate the sentiment, there are certainly things some people prefer about Spot. For example, you basically get up to 4 minutes notice compared to the 30 seconds I chose (see the other thread). Similarly, until this change we didn't offer preemptible VMs with GPUs attached.
You're right about the complexity of Spot. Preemptible (and Azure's copy, Low-Priority VMs) is all about a fair, predictable price. Not everyone hates markets, but the number of companies and customers burned by the Spot market gave us the conviction to push for a simpler, fixed price.
Again, thanks for the praise (but there are pros and cons!).
While I appreciate the sentiment, there are certainly things some people prefer about Spot. For example, you basically get up to 4 minutes notice compared to the 30 seconds I chose (see the other thread). Similarly, until this change we didn't offer preemptible VMs with GPUs attached.
You're right about the complexity of Spot. Preemptible (and Azure's copy, Low-Priority VMs) is all about a fair, predictable price. Not everyone hates markets, but the number of companies and customers burned by the Spot market gave us the conviction to push for a simpler, fixed price.
Again, thanks for the praise (but there are pros and cons!).