[xvector]

Do not use DO. The very fact that their default automated response to spam is prod downtime is unacceptable.

It requires so many failures in understanding the service being provided across the company for this decision making process to have ever actualized that there is no reasonable expectation of safety or trust from DO at this point.

[bpicolo]

Every cloud company has anti abuse systems that will limit your access to their APIs / take down your machines if abuse is suspected - for example if it looks like you're mining bitcoin. Your prod isn't any different from your staging for them