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I wonder at what point providers will choose to just close down over increasing pricing knowing a high majority of the users will cancel this seems to be the new norm i think only the big dogs will survive and probably set a new floor price. The era of lowend is coming to an close
Let's be honest: this is not going to be a 1% to 5% price increase. This is likely going to be a price increase of 50% or more, based on how you stated your opinions already about the current hosting market needing price increases across the board.
With that in mind, my mouth is literally watering for popcorn right now. However, I am at work; ubt tonight I shall likely read LET with a bag of popcorn and a mouse cursor onto "Request Cancellation" button.
Thank you for the services provided so far. It was great while it lasted, but it seems evil politics don't want us to have nice things.
Refugee back to 2025??
, I find myself in
True, to some degree.
This does hit hard small fish I can vauch for that.
Don't forget the beer!!
Still love you @host_c ill be first in line for deals after the AI bubble settles down in 2032
True. The cold one is at home in the fridge, waiting, sweating, ready to pop its can open.
Thank you,
Damn, now you tell me, where were you in 2015 ???
The safest answer: Shitposting
Do you know about CN market crash? It's going to happen again. So, pull your pension
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-03/korean-markets-threatening-upset-tech-boom/106981956
uh oh. Drama time!? BANANAS
@rpqu
I think a lot of things will change in the near future, some for the best some not.
Yet whatever is going on right now ( in general ) will defenetly not last indefenetly. I mean, it just does not work for anyone.
But man... im gonna be sad if I have to find a new home for my pbs datastore... we shall see how things go!
Also, I see the ipv6 only things are now "End of sales products" eh? Damn people and their not reading and demanding refunds.
I still remember the pictures with spaceships on the offers. At that time I thought those offers would have lasted until we travelled into space and by some misfortune Host-C would have been assimilated into the unimind of The Borg for his server and linking knowledge of our planet. Now I realise I was wrong.
Refunds? I got like $1.6 in remaining value.... Uh, I'm so MAD! 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
Yeah. I hate being rich too with such high refunds. Being poor is much more fun and more challenging, making one feel like they're alive from one paycheck to the next.
If I were you, I would donate such large refunds, or just give it back to help the poor providers.
+100 for the BORG analogy.
Man I am such a fan
Spoiler: the whole IPV6 only line will vanquish, and will be assimilated by the BORG Collective.
I am sorry, but it just does not worth the ticket effort with the usual subject: "hey, where is my IPV4 fuq head"
So, no more $10/year 1TB storage vps?
I cannot disclose more info for now, till the mails get sent.
I’ve been following this thread since it popped up, especially because it’s from our good friend @host_c. Just sharing a few thoughts from a provider's perspective here, so please take it easy on me!
Hardware prices have been insane lately, and as everyone in the industry knows, they won't be dropping anytime soon. RAM and Drives are up 3-5x compared to last year, which hurts because they make up the bulk of our build costs. To give you an idea of how wild things are: for the first time in 13 years of business, manufacturers are offering us refunds on defective drives/RAM instead of RMA replacements.
Hosting prices depend on hardware, power, bandwidth, licensing, and overhead. When every single one of those costs skyrockets, keeping old pricing just means running at a loss. Ultimately, providers are left with two options: raise prices or deadpool.
We’re doing everything we can to hold the line: reusing hardware from our SolusVM to VirtFusion migration, slowing expansion, and stopping new orders for budget plans. But honestly, I’m not sure how long this is sustainable. We’ve even had to pause our OpenStack Cloud launch, even after finishing the testing and building our own control panel for it.
So please bear with providers who are forced to adjust their pricing. Nobody wants to do it, but a business needs margin to survive and keep the lights on.
Stay strong, everyone!
@NDTN
The big 3, sk hynix, Samsung , micron got 76% operating profit margin and this is what they do to their customer. Infuriating
The Parts market got, Involucrated
So many bananas
so @host_c just over here loving the drama so much he sends an email to start the pre-drama days before the real drama.
More drama per drama