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What is your experience with Fly.io, and do you think it's okay for them to require your credit card information to use the free tier?
I’m looking for a service to host a (couple of) small Elixir application, and Fly.io looks interesting. However, they want your credit card information before you can use the free tier. I understand their reasoning, but it doesn’t sit right with me to supply them with that info since I’m not even a customer yet.
What are your preferred alternatives to Fly.io for free small VMs?
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D4no0
This is a anti-spam method used by a lot of services nowadays, their scope is to avoid creation of fake accounts and abusing the free tier.
brightball
Agreed. It’s a necessity IMO. Waaaay too much free tier abuse happens on these platforms.
AstonJ
Not sure we really need a thread on this tbh.. the practice is fairly common on similar platforms now and so I guess you have to vote with your wallet/support on details like this, or if you feel really strongly about it contact their support team to let them know how you feel.
Be glad you’re not taking out a dedicated server, most of those companies require a copy of your passport 
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