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agree this is nuts. EC2 always an option

• stephenboyd 12y ago
  It's an option for people who want the convenience. DO has free snapshots and you can roll your own backup system anyway.
• logn 12y ago
  If their original prices were 20% higher, I don't think you'd be saying Digital Ocean pricing is nuts. Backups are just an easy way to get people who don't mind spending money to spend money. Everyone else can do their own backups or take free snapshots (which has an API as well).