I've had a lot of different droplets of different sizes over the last 6-7 years. Recently when I created a new one for a new project, I noticed that option and chose it. I'm not sure I would if buying a larger droplet, or a lot of small ones (I've done that for certain projects), but $1/mo is the point where it feels like nothing.
I think it's a little scummy that they go out of their way to hide it and make the more expensive options the default, though:
https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/3173176/115132649-...
DigitalOcean is going downhill fast after the layoffs, I'm not optimistic about them in the long term. I'd love to know what they burn on marketing, because their video ads on YouTube are crazy.
Eh, I wouldn't call that hiding it so much as making the current market default the one they default to. If you're looking for the lowest end droplet, then yeah, it makes sense you would want the lower end Intel without SSD, but if you're buying something more expensive at all, there's more of a choice to be made.
Also, I'm not going to fault them for putting forth the option that allows them to more easily decommission what are probably older hardware and disks for newer offerings, especially when the "hiding" is just a radio button above the droplets. It's not that hidden. I suspect eventually the newer gen Intel/AMD offerings will lower in price and replace the current default.
> I'd love to know what they burn on marketing, because their video ads on YouTube are crazy.
That's interesting. I remember seeing some like 6-12 months ago on youtube for the first time, but I haven't seen any for a long while. I must have just been flagged as not part of their target audience (or Google has determined I already use them).
I wonder how many extra dollars cumulatively DO makes from the $1 premium on getting a better Intel CPU or AMD CPU and/or NVMe up sell on the smallest droplets.
I pay the extra dollar as well. I doubt I actually see the difference for what I use it for. I feel no desire to pay a dollar less though, so they are making another 20% from me on that product than they would have.