Hi everyone,

I’m a college student from the Philippines, and I’m currently dealing with a Google Cloud billing issue. I’m hoping someone here has experienced something similar or can give me some advice.

I originally signed up for Google Cloud because I wanted to experiment with cloud services and learn more about them using the $300 free trial credits.

However, I apparently enabled a paid billing account without fully realizing what I was agreeing to. I genuinely thought I was still using the free trial credits and didn’t expect to be charged.

I only discovered the issue when I received an email about an outstanding balance.…