The fact that we are talking about it here (and offline - had that discussion with a colleague) means that they are getting what they want --> attention
I think they are trying too much to have you jump on GCP. Having a simpler UI with a credit limit (maybe even at a different rate) would actually get more people to use it imo.
If you want to validate a product or run with a few K users (which I think this is helping), I really think that flask is a proven WS framework that just works.