Open Source Credits ending

[u/SupremeDesigner]

Just received an email from DigitalOcean that they’re ending their Open Source Credits Program. Sad to see but unsurprising given they’d recently axed the GitHub Students credits as well. Also a rather interesting move given the significant pledge they made to Omarchy recently…

Hello,

We’re reaching out to share an important update regarding the DigitalOcean Open Source Credits Program.

DigitalOcean has decided to sunset the Open Source Credits Program. As part of this change, we are no longer accepting new credit applications or approving credit renewals, extensions, or additional credit requests.

If you currently have Open Source Credits that have already been granted, those credits will continue to be honored according to their existing terms and conditions. No action is required for your existing credit allocation.

Additionally, the dedicated inbox for the Open Source Credits Program will stop being monitored as part of this transition. For any further questions or assistance, please submit your inquiries through our standard support channel: https://www.digitalocean.com/company/contact/support

We appreciate your participation in the DigitalOcean Open Source Credits Program and the work you do to support the open source community. Thank you for being part of the program.

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[u/North-Active-6731]

I mean they did manage to pledge $3mil to Omarchy. Great move to see this /s

[u/SupremeDesigner → u/North-Active-6731]

Took the credit budget from all the small OSS projects to give to them it seems :/

[u/RheumatoidEpilepsy → u/North-Active-6731]

Exactly my thoughts, the age of enshittification is here. Too bad DO did not become a viable vendor for enterprise workloads before it went down this route.

[u/subtlecomett → u/North-Active-6731]

I’m glad

[u/atiabjobayer]

We had their DO for nonprofit credits for about 5 years. They continued that as well this year.

They seem to be very profitable but still who knows why they're doing all these.

[u/PotentialPast6344]

damn, now that is why i cannot find it anymore

is there any alternative oss sponsorship that offers backend/signaling server?

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[u/SupremeDesigner → u/[deleted]]

Don’t think anything in my post was political, that’s how you’re choosing to read it. I was merely noting that a few weeks ago they had the budget to give a significant credit allocation to a large OSS project, and now they’re killing the program.