You have to hand it to Digital Ocean for actually listening to customers, explaining themselves thoroughly, and taking the issue to the community (HN on several instances) for discussion. Totally civil all around. Thanks to nixgeek for raising the potential issue, and thanks to raiyu for engaging in a meaningful back and forth discussion with everyone.
The issue itself? I have accidentally "terminated" a few AWS instances that I instantly wished I hadn't, and so I can see the benefit of it sticking around for 24 hours. This would have saved me a few times if I was using DO instead.
The issue itself? I have accidentally "terminated" a few AWS instances that I instantly wished I hadn't, and so I can see the benefit of it sticking around for 24 hours. This would have saved me a few times if I was using DO instead.