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Does this mean we can expect similar announcements from the other budget cloud providers (they all seem to be around the same price points) or is it time to jum

Does this mean we can expect similar announcements from the other budget cloud providers (they all seem to be around the same price points) or is it time to jump?

l_theanine 4y ago
The immediate implication would be to expect lesser price raises from other providers. Akamai recently acquired Linode, and it was definitely perceived as a foreboding piece of news... and now here they go raising the prices.
thaumaturgy 4y ago
Other providers may follow along with the same kind of copycat behavior we've seen with layoffs and price increases in other markets, but it's hard to imagine that their costs have gone up 20%. Certainly their payroll hasn't. There have been good reasons to flee Linode for a while now: - Since their third or fifth or who-knows-which breach and subsequent fumble: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10845170 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10845170 - Since the announcement that they were acquired by Akamai: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30352772 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30352772 - Since they became "Akamai Cloud": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34799273 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34799273 Linode hasn't had a competitive advantage for at least a few years, and many would argue that their handling of repeated security incidents has made them a worse option than lots of competitors. If you're still on Linode, do yourself a favor and make the time to find a new VPS provider.
reaperducer 4y ago
Digital Ocean already increased its prices recently, then laid off a bunch of people. So the meager support it used to have is now gone. Word on HN is that it's getting bought by Microsoft. If that's true it makes sense that DO would go away entirely.
- elforce002 4y ago
  Really?!! We're planning on using their spaces and kubernetes offering for our video hosting division. Where are you getting these news?
  - reaperducer 4y ago
    It was mentioned in the HN thread when Digital Ocean laid people off a couple of weeks ago.
  - thaumaturgy 4y ago
    The only reference I could find to this on HN was https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34805414 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34805414, which was somebody's gallows humor joke. Good grief, that's a terrifying thought though.

Does this mean we can expect similar announcements from the other budget cloud providers (they all seem to be around the same price points) or is it time to jump?

l_theanine 4y ago

The immediate implication would be to expect lesser price raises from other providers. Akamai recently acquired Linode, and it was definitely perceived as a foreboding piece of news... and now here they go raising the prices.

thaumaturgy 4y ago

Other providers may follow along with the same kind of copycat behavior we've seen with layoffs and price increases in other markets, but it's hard to imagine that their costs have gone up 20%. Certainly their payroll hasn't. There have been good reasons to flee Linode for a while now: - Since their third or fifth or who-knows-which breach and subsequent fumble: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10845170 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10845170 - Since the announcement that they were acquired by Akamai: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30352772 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30352772 - Since they became "Akamai Cloud": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34799273 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34799273 Linode hasn't had a competitive advantage for at least a few years, and many would argue that their handling of repeated security incidents has made them a worse option than lots of competitors. If you're still on Linode, do yourself a favor and make the time to find a new VPS provider.

reaperducer 4y ago

Digital Ocean already increased its prices recently, then laid off a bunch of people. So the meager support it used to have is now gone. Word on HN is that it's getting bought by Microsoft. If that's true it makes sense that DO would go away entirely.

elforce002 4y ago
Really?!! We're planning on using their spaces and kubernetes offering for our video hosting division. Where are you getting these news?
- reaperducer 4y ago
  It was mentioned in the HN thread when Digital Ocean laid people off a couple of weeks ago.
- thaumaturgy 4y ago
  The only reference I could find to this on HN was https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34805414 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34805414, which was somebody's gallows humor joke. Good grief, that's a terrifying thought though.