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Doing it this is very dishonest and tells you a lot about what kind of people work at Akamai communications department.

> prices will change by decreasing transfer fees and updating shared and dedicated plan rates

this is a stellar example of the dark pattern of passive user-hostile language.

Linode employee here! We're also sending tickets to active customers about this – if you have services with us, you should get a ticket (and email) at some point today.

Or you could tell them to axe the price increases. And maybe axe some management and CEO salaries at akamai, https://www.comparably.com/companies/akamai/executive-salari...

I don’t know how many people hit transfer fees - a few VPS and you’ve got terebytes to spare. But the 20% hits everyone.