Renewal quote came in at 2.4x the intro price and support called it “standard alignment”

Signed up two years ago on a promo. $5 a month for a vps that did everything i needed. Renewal notice last week wants more than double.

Asked support whether there was anything they could do. Got a polite reply explaining the original rate was promotional and the new rate is "standard alignment with current pricing" which i think is the most gently phrased version of this i've received.

What actually bothers me isn't the number. It's that nothing about the service changed. Same specs, same node, same everything. The only variable is that i'm now inconvenient to move.

Priced the alternatives. 2 providers are cheaper for the same specs, one meaningfully so. Migration is maybe four hours of my evening plus dns propagation plus the risk that something i forgot about breaks quietly and i find out in three weeks.

So they're not charging me for hosting. They're charging me for the four hours and the risk, and they've priced it about right, which is the annoying part.

I'll probably move. I said that last time too.