> If DO genuinely believed that you were doing something malicious and that data was harmful or evil for you to own (e.g. other people's SSN, etc) then they are

> If DO genuinely believed that you were doing something malicious and that data was harmful or evil for you to own (e.g. other people's SSN, etc) then they are in the "right" to deny access to it. The observant will note the particular corner you're backing into here -- that a business might be justified in denying access to code/data being used in literally criminal behavior -- is notably distinct from the general and likely much more common case. > they can do whatever they want with their own hard drives. Sure. But to the extent they take that approach, Digital Ocean or any other service is publicly declaring that however affordable they may be for prototyping, they're unsuitable for reliable applications. Businesses that can be relied on generally instead offer terms of service and processes that don't really allow them to act arbitrarily.