Digital Ocean blocked my account 3 by ugly_munchkin | 3 comments on Hacker News. Digital Ocean blocked my account. They said my "deployment and actions were in violation of our Terms of Service" which is remarkable because all I did was create a single droplet and run a basic setup script on it. The next day — blocked, shut down, deleted. No warning, no explanation, no appeal. Their Terms of Service allows them to delete your servers, your data, everything — at any time, for any reason, including none at all. The tiniest perceived risk to them outweighs any amount of loss to you. They won't tell you what you did wrong. They won't give you time to retrieve your data. They just delete everything and wish you well finding another provider. Here is their response when I asked for an explanation: Hello, Greetings from DigitalOcean! Thanks for reaching out, my name is Raveel from DigitalOcean Support. We reviewed the information you have shared with us so far and we have...