[corobo]

> Akamai faces the same macroeconomic headwinds of growing costs for data center space, energy, and hardware as other providers. We resisted making any changes to our offerings for as long as we could.

Bro it's only been 2 weeks

[karlshea]

Since the name change. To be fair, they bought Linode a year ago.

[hinkley]

Can we just stop pretending that everything a buyer tells you in the first year has any relationship to reality?

Stop being surprised. You’re being lied to. You know it, I know it, everybody knows.

They always change things for the worse in the second fiscal year. And unless they bought the company at a discount they always will. The old owners cashed out. They took the money out of the company, and that money needs to be replaced from somewhere. Which means customers and employees are getting bad news.

[corobo]

Huh. Well damn, so they did. The acquisition didn't hit my radar till the name change.

Admittedly not a Linode customer. DigitalOcean did me a solid about 5 years ago (support gave me a credit voucher to cover a month when I couldn't afford to renew in time to keep things online) and I've had no reason to look elsewhere. Fingers crossed their recent corner cutting doesn't ruin things.

[karlshea]

I’ve been a customer for over a decade, and have had a bunch of clients sign up for hosting.

20% increase after no price increases ever seems reasonable, but I’m going to be looking around for alternatives to recommend if things start to decline.

[markstos]

I've been paying the same price for my Linode server for about 10 years. This seems fair.

[schemescape]

Have the server specs changed? If not, then I’d expect it to get cheaper, just like the hardware.

Edit: other comments imply they’ve been improving the provided specs, so my comment might not be relevant.

[landemva]

While hardware should cost less over time, cost of electricity and support people increased in last decade. Moore's Law can't outrun the money printers.

[mekster]

The good old days when they boast upgraded hardware at the same price is over. Linode is done.