Just saw the announcement—15% increase effective October. For what it's worth, I've been tracking my cPanel spend since 2015.
Quick math: across my clients, I've paid cPanel roughly $47,000 in licensing fees. Total server hardware purchased in that same decade? About $38,000. The gap keeps widening.
Did you test your restore? 😊
Seriously though—before everyone grabs pitchforks, I'm genuinely curious: what do we actually owe them? The ecosystem they built let a lot of us start businesses. But at what point does "gratitude" become "hostage"?
3-2-1 rule applies to vendors too, friends. Have an exit plan.
3-2-1 or you're already dead