> Other determinants: simplicity, performance in the UI and pricing that makes sense for an individual developer.
This is my main fear: morphing into some AWSgoogleCloudflare behemoth with a bazillion knobs and complex unpredictable pricing plans. I choose Linode specifically to avoid that time sink. Thankfully there are other's that are supposed to be similar to Linode in this respect, but I've grown to like Linode over the years, and their UI has become pretty refined, but that may be subjective.
Also, the few times over the years (more than 10) when I had to get hold of their customer service they were pretty good. Last time around I contacted them on a Sunday afternoon and they got back to me later that evening, no AI automatic response, no other bs like that.
This is my main fear: morphing into some AWSgoogleCloudflare behemoth with a bazillion knobs and complex unpredictable pricing plans. I choose Linode specifically to avoid that time sink. Thankfully there are other's that are supposed to be similar to Linode in this respect, but I've grown to like Linode over the years, and their UI has become pretty refined, but that may be subjective.