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Ahh, yes, the good old "here, you purchased X amount of things for $Z. But don't dare to use everything you paid for, or we double the price"

adventured 2y ago
Hetzner have definitely always been scumbags about the bait & switch on aspects of their service like that. Granted it's pretty typical of the too good to be true rule of life.
- socksy 2y ago
  Do you have any details? I was about to move all my services off from vultr to hetzner due to the much better pricing
  - FredPret 2y ago
    I’ve had several servers with them for years now - private and VPS, and they do what it says on the tin.
  - amluto 2y ago
    Vultr still seems to charge several times as much for bandwidth as Herzner.
- StrauXX 2y ago
  I have only had and have heard of great experiences with Hetzner. For both their offerings snd their support. I am based in Europe though.
- christophilus 2y ago
  Been using them happily for a few years. They’ve been rock solid and cheap. Can’t complain, even about this hike.
- qeternity 2y ago
  I can't think of a single other instance of bait and switch with Hetzner and we run a fair bit of infra with them.
Retric 2y ago
It’s not an individual customer thing. It’s a subsidy for early customers to get market share > raise prices.
- tledakis 2y ago
  So... enshittification :)
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StressedDev 2y ago
I think you are probably misreading the situation. My guess is that their costs went up and they are now increasing their prices so they don't lose money.
- not_your_vase 2y ago
  Dunno... my reaction was for this sentence specifically: > Until this change, customers who have used fewer resources have covered the costs [...] for other customers who have used much more resources. This does sound to me like "here, all 20TB is yours, but make sure you don't use more than 2TB, or else" - regardless from which angle I look at it.
  - killingtime74 2y ago
    or else they charge you $1 a tb, not cut you off
    - dankwizard 2y ago
      You're misreading. This wouldn't get the $1 fee. "We're giving you 20 TB (TWENTY) but don't you dare use more than 2 TB (TWO)" It's a classic web host reseller technique of overselling and having it backfire.
      - killingtime74 2y ago
        That's only a problem if they cut you off. If there's a defined (low) fee for overages then I don't understand what the problem is. $1tb is very well priced. AWS/GCP charges from the first byte after the miniscule free tier.

adventured 2y ago

Hetzner have definitely always been scumbags about the bait & switch on aspects of their service like that. Granted it's pretty typical of the too good to be true rule of life.

socksy 2y ago
Do you have any details? I was about to move all my services off from vultr to hetzner due to the much better pricing
- FredPret 2y ago
  I’ve had several servers with them for years now - private and VPS, and they do what it says on the tin.
- amluto 2y ago
  Vultr still seems to charge several times as much for bandwidth as Herzner.
StrauXX 2y ago
I have only had and have heard of great experiences with Hetzner. For both their offerings snd their support. I am based in Europe though.
christophilus 2y ago
Been using them happily for a few years. They’ve been rock solid and cheap. Can’t complain, even about this hike.
qeternity 2y ago
I can't think of a single other instance of bait and switch with Hetzner and we run a fair bit of infra with them.

Retric 2y ago

It’s not an individual customer thing. It’s a subsidy for early customers to get market share > raise prices.

tledakis 2y ago
So... enshittification :)
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StressedDev 2y ago

I think you are probably misreading the situation. My guess is that their costs went up and they are now increasing their prices so they don't lose money.

not_your_vase 2y ago
Dunno... my reaction was for this sentence specifically: > Until this change, customers who have used fewer resources have covered the costs [...] for other customers who have used much more resources. This does sound to me like "here, all 20TB is yours, but make sure you don't use more than 2TB, or else" - regardless from which angle I look at it.
- killingtime74 2y ago
  or else they charge you $1 a tb, not cut you off
  - dankwizard 2y ago
    You're misreading. This wouldn't get the $1 fee. "We're giving you 20 TB (TWENTY) but don't you dare use more than 2 TB (TWO)" It's a classic web host reseller technique of overselling and having it backfire.
    - killingtime74 2y ago
      That's only a problem if they cut you off. If there's a defined (low) fee for overages then I don't understand what the problem is. $1tb is very well priced. AWS/GCP charges from the first byte after the miniscule free tier.