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Both AWS and GCP excel over Azure. Many organizations are strong armed into using Azure as part of their Enterprise Agreements (EA) as part of Microsoft's predatory tactics (they haven't changed one bit) I couldn't imagine someone choosing to use Azure if given a choice.

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Agreed, I was forced into using it years ago and still have PTSD from how awful it is. API endpoints randomly return with 500s, block devices hang or just become disconnected, provisioning is extremely slow. The unquantifiable "just works" and general care & polish is missing.

Then you’re rather unimaginative - .NET/SqlServer shops are still 2nd class citizens on both GCP and AWS.

Azure App Services and SQL database arrives a 1-2 punch for enterprises moving their apps to a PaaS that just works.

"Just works", unless you want a working audit log that tells you who rebooted a service.

Azure is fractally off-kilter.

Yes, Azure is an OK choice if you are unfortunate enough to need to run that legacy tech stack.

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