[BinaryIdiot]

Reading the replies it seems you're getting a mixture of "I agree / understand" and "It's a business decision you feel wrong".

Humans have weird triggers for emotions. Seeing something that benefits a group that you are not a part of but fairly equivalent to is a typical trigger, even if it does make sense to a degree. When I first saw this, as a non-YC-member, I felt pretty similar. I'm sure it's simply a business relationship in which either digital ocean is making money due to the advertising or YC is subsidizing it (though the latter is unlikely).

So it makes perfect sense from a business standpoint but I think your feelings are equally valid. I would love to see digital ocean partner with other incubators or provider offers to any start-ups in general.

[andrewsomething]

Great response! I can totally understand the feeling.

We do work with a number of other incubators. DO itself is an alumni of TechStars. We have some stuff in the works with 500 Startups. We're definitely interested in working with other incubators as well. If you're involved with one, feel free to reach out to me at [e-mail] I'll make sure to get you to the right folks at DO.

If you're not in an incubator, check out the link I shared below. There's still a lot our customer success team can do for you.