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I would be very leery of hosting any serious business on Digital Ocean. Their terms of service are simply too strict.

For example, you can't send email to your users without double opt-in.

Yikes!

Not to mention the ambiguous language banning 'offensive' and 'inappropriate' content.




Hi - It's Mitch from DigitalOcean. We are still ironing out our TOS. Given that we are still a startup we are always constantly looking to improve the language.

We don't consider ourselves too strict. As long as you are not trying to run an attack or spam/flood our network, we are totally cool. :)


Mitch,

I appreciate the sentiment, but I can't stake my livelihood on promises made on an internet forum.

I want to be a Digital Ocean user, but I'm going to base that decision on the legal agreements first.

I do hope this will encourage you guys to remove some of the ambiguity in your TOS, and to remove that double opt-in requirement.

Best,

Jacob


I totally hear you Jacob. Know exactly where you're coming from.

And yes, we will continue to work on our TOS. :)

Best of luck! Mitch




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