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The problem is that both Google Cloud and AWS have a much, much wider offer than Digital Ocean. This is the primary reason why DO can have a streamlined, simple
by blfr 11y ago
The problem is that both Google Cloud and AWS have a much, much wider offer than Digital Ocean. This is the primary reason why DO can have a streamlined, simple interface while Google and Amazon need massive, opaque web dashboards.
I haven't used Google Cloud for long but it had a fairly nice UI actually. And they put their cloud SDK (command line tools) in the Ubuntu Partner repository which I appreciate, makes it almost as convenient as using OpenStack services.
- Doctor_Fegg 11y agoSure, but AWS don't exactly go out of their way to make themselves comprehensible. The need for an explainer just for their brandnames (https://www.expeditedssl.com/aws-in-plain-english https://www.expeditedssl.com/aws-in-plain-english) demonstrates the problem.
- nkozyra 11y agoIn reality, most brand names aren't very explanatory. Digital Ocean would be completely ambiguous if you weren't familiar with them. Azure? Could be anything. Hell, there was a time when people heard "Amazon" and wondered aloud why an online book store shared a name with the rainforest region. The real problem is not the branding, it's the sheer amount of products. Frankly, the branding should be at the branch-level (Network/Servers/Databases/Data Analysis) rather than at the bottom leaf.