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It's ridiculous that this service has plans that allows you to "log in from 9am to 5pm, max 5 hours per day". It looks like it's 1999 all over again where you have online services that are only available during certain hours because the servers are rebooted or turned off every day. This is not "cloud"-like at all, and is especially bad when you don't live in the same timezone.


Are there any guards against using the cheaper "early morning" plan against a fake timezone to make it a "daytime" plan?


It doesn't appear to be due to server reboots, instead it's to spread the load. If you're an after-hours coder--doing things as a side project after your day job is finished, or just like being up at night--the 9a-5p plan isn't for you. As someone who is up all night (basically 9p-5a), I appreciate the ability to pay less because I'm never going to use the "peak time."


It's ridiculous that this service has plans that allows you to "log in from 9am to 5pm, max 5 hours per day"

To be fair, they offer "Anytime" plans which cost more, but let you log in any time you like :)




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