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Seems like the $4 droplet is a smoke screen hiding price increases. I'm a long time DO customer. I wish they would have just said "prices are going up" and li

Seems like the $4 droplet is a smoke screen hiding price increases. I'm a long time DO customer. I wish they would have just said "prices are going up" and listed a comparison of the old price with the new increased price. In their new price list, they do not list the old price... so you cant tell if they are going up and down. Because the article starts off with the $4 droplet announcement, you get a feeling that they have made changes to their infrastructure and prices will be going down to pass along those savings.

apocalyptic0n3 4y ago
Yeah, I read the email they sent me and it overall felt pretty deceptive. I would have expected better from Digital Ocean given my past experiences.
- mettamage 4y ago
  Quite frankly, I feel this only happens when we're in a time of wealth and growth. I suspect many more companies will start acting this way. It's simply a logical conclusion based on the current market sentiment and the view that I outlined above.
twox2 4y ago
100%
overmotion 4y ago
I compared my statements to the new pricing. It boils down to a 20% spike on most of their products. That's a stiff price bump with a six week notice.
systemvoltage 4y ago
It is also not changing by $1 across the board. $6 droplet is going to $7. But, $12 droplet is going to $14 with the new pricing. PR folks who work in tech companies need to realize that their customers are different from, say, a toothpaste company's customers. Just be fucking transparent.
caturopath 4y ago
I was going to say that the email subject said prices "are going up", but it turns out the subject line was "DigitalOcean prices are changing July 1st. Here’s what you need to know." and I just assumed changing went up so strongly I remembered it wrong. Seems like a really reasonable price increase (though the timeline is short), but they ought to have been a little clearer about exactly what the before-and-after picture was.
brodock 4y ago
Ive quit them long time ago when they did not adjust price to compete. They also had for a few years, inferior performance per dollar as others in same range. All that behaviour let linode and vultr flourish

apocalyptic0n3 4y ago

Yeah, I read the email they sent me and it overall felt pretty deceptive. I would have expected better from Digital Ocean given my past experiences.

mettamage 4y ago
Quite frankly, I feel this only happens when we're in a time of wealth and growth. I suspect many more companies will start acting this way. It's simply a logical conclusion based on the current market sentiment and the view that I outlined above.

twox2 4y ago

100%

overmotion 4y ago

I compared my statements to the new pricing. It boils down to a 20% spike on most of their products. That's a stiff price bump with a six week notice.

systemvoltage 4y ago

It is also not changing by $1 across the board. $6 droplet is going to $7. But, $12 droplet is going to $14 with the new pricing. PR folks who work in tech companies need to realize that their customers are different from, say, a toothpaste company's customers. Just be fucking transparent.

caturopath 4y ago

I was going to say that the email subject said prices "are going up", but it turns out the subject line was "DigitalOcean prices are changing July 1st. Here’s what you need to know." and I just assumed changing went up so strongly I remembered it wrong. Seems like a really reasonable price increase (though the timeline is short), but they ought to have been a little clearer about exactly what the before-and-after picture was.

brodock 4y ago

Ive quit them long time ago when they did not adjust price to compete. They also had for a few years, inferior performance per dollar as others in same range. All that behaviour let linode and vultr flourish