If LET could mandate that recurring discounts must include multi-year price guarantees, we’d happily forward that rule to electricity suppliers, ISPs, colocation providers, hardware vendors, tax autho

I think you've made some decent points, but this is not an apt metaphor. With those services, users don't build anything on top of them. With Netflix, if you don't like the price increase, you cance

Is this a lifetime price or just for the first two or three months?

Not trying to defend or anything, but I can see it coming from miles away. Those lower-spec yearly price already didn't make sense to me (too cheap with included IPv4). I work at a small scale DC (~1M

Did you also open a ticket with Netflix, Google Workspace, or your electricity provider when prices went up? or is hosting the only industry expected to freeze pricing forever?

No they are not, thats the fun part, selling dirt cheap and running at a loss, and then upping the prices is their whole business model.

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If this price increase sets a precedent, there's no guarantee they won't continue raising prices in the future. And it would set a bad precedent.

Operational costs are not directly tied to RAM or Drive prices for already-running services.

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However, the text sent out is: "At the same time, the cost landscape has changed significantly: hardware resources (especially RAM and components), infrastructure, operations, and the technic

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Imagine writing books worth of hate and cry comments over a price increase of a YEARLY payment worth one hour of parking in Frankfurt..

DeluxHost = same quality with a deluxe price increase on first renewal.

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