yes here. storage, db, apis - its not permanent but still persisting. It can be monitored at the azure status page as well https://status.azure.com/status
I was having problems with nodes (stopping and starting AKS helped), connection to container registry and internal connection between nodes and persistent volumes.
It's still running, but I don't touch it without need of emergency right now.
Haven't they tried donations? I think that users would throw some monies for running their beloved service like soup. I think for such site it would be better solution than paid accounts or even ads.