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so them blocking a port that can be used for sending Spam mail, without you identifying yourself, is shady?

• megous 8y ago
  Yes. But who cares, there are many better services.
  • dspillett 8y ago
    Care to name the one(s) you recommend and why?
    • megous 8y ago
      Rather not, I'm still glad it's not very well known in SV or mentioned on HN. Sorry. I tried scaleway, and I'm glad I didn't try to move my personal SMTP server there. The other issue was that I can't run my own kernel there, which was also non-obvious before purchasing. They make it look like it's baremetal, but it's limited in this way. Now I'm on a fully virtualized vmware VM where I can do pretty much anything, including running a kernel with WireGuard included. And it's half the price of 1-XS for the same specs and no blocked ports and no uploading of my ID somewhere I don't trust.
      • JorgeGT 8y ago
        Aruba Cloud?
      • dspillett 8y ago
        Then you declare yourself wrong. If I don't know better services exist then from my PoV they are not available and so may as well not exist.
• drdaeman 8y ago
  While spam is a real issue and it's well justifiable for a company to request some identity confirmation, it is also not particularly wrong to label not disclosing the requirements upfront to be a sort of a dark pattern. It surely can be somewhat frustrating if you've signed up only to see that there are some extra requirements you haven't anticipated.