> We are prioritizing access for users who request it by completing the form, and will be incrementally granting access to users who sign up for Vultr with a business email address.
>To be eligible to apply for early access to the Free Tier Program, accounts must have the following:
>Credit Card
>To be eligible for a Free Tier instance you must have a regular credit card on file with us. Prepaid cards are not an acceptable payment type for Free Tier eligibility, neither is PayPal, Crypto, etc.
Er... no thanks. Why do you need my credit card if it's free?
Because this is an offering that could easily be abused (crypto-mining, DDoS, bot farms). Requiring credit cards stops people from making many accounts.
I can't help but think this is a bad idea for Vultr's paying customers. I hope free users have a separate network and separate physical computers from paying customers.
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[ 4.3 ms ] story [ 25.8 ms ] threadThe payment method also cannot be attached to a different account
> We are prioritizing access for users who request it by completing the form, and will be incrementally granting access to users who sign up for Vultr with a business email address.
I can't help but think this is a bad idea for Vultr's paying customers. I hope free users have a separate network and separate physical computers from paying customers.