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0 pointsubermonkey3y ago0 comments

It sure looks like it. I thought that the moment they got bought.

Same thing happened with Slicehost. They got absorbed by the Rackspace borg, which ruined everything we found appealing at SH -- so we found Linode.

I guess now I'm looking for the new Linode/Slicehost style provider. Sucks.

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baggachipz3y ago

I've been pretty happy with Vultr.

nickersonm3y ago

I'll third this recommendation as well. I find them slightly easier to use than DO, and they have free transit to Cloudflare and Backblaze B2.

brushfoot3y ago

Vultr is great. Simple interface, quick and helpful support, great reliability over the 4 years I've been with them so far.

bioemerl3y ago

Is anything wrong with digital ocean? This name change has me wanting to jump ship as well.

dventimi3y ago

Evidently DO is doing layoffs and their support may be suffering for it. So there's that.

spiffytech3y ago

Anecdotally, people seem to have more "human" support experiences with Linode than with Digital Ocean.

Besides that, it looks like people like DO.

baggachipz3y ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34803696

bioemerl3y ago

That doesn't bother me as a customer. If the company is laying people off it's probably also getting more efficient and therefore cheaper.

jayparth3y ago

Empirically, it doesn't really correlate

taskforcegemini3y ago

that money just goes somewhere else. I'd rather see it invested in technology/service than management, marketing etc

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baggachipz3y ago

I've been pretty happy with Vultr.

nickersonm3y ago

I'll third this recommendation as well. I find them slightly easier to use than DO, and they have free transit to Cloudflare and Backblaze B2.

brushfoot3y ago

Vultr is great. Simple interface, quick and helpful support, great reliability over the 4 years I've been with them so far.

bioemerl3y ago

Is anything wrong with digital ocean? This name change has me wanting to jump ship as well.

dventimi3y ago

Evidently DO is doing layoffs and their support may be suffering for it. So there's that.

spiffytech3y ago

Anecdotally, people seem to have more "human" support experiences with Linode than with Digital Ocean.

Besides that, it looks like people like DO.

baggachipz3y ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34803696

bioemerl3y ago

That doesn't bother me as a customer. If the company is laying people off it's probably also getting more efficient and therefore cheaper.

jayparth3y ago

Empirically, it doesn't really correlate

taskforcegemini3y ago

that money just goes somewhere else. I'd rather see it invested in technology/service than management, marketing etc

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