Hetzner increased dedicated server prices 3-4x

Hetzner just dropped the kind of price hike that makes internet people stare at the screen and whisper, "you have got to be kidding me." After already raising prices by about 30% a few months ago, the hosting company has now pushed some dedicated server plans into true sticker-shock territory: one jumped from €124 to €454, while another leapt from €244 to €844. For anyone not living in server-land, that means renting powerful computers from a provider suddenly got wildly more expensive.

But the real fireworks were in the comments, where the blame game kicked off fast. The biggest villain? AI fever. One camp basically shrugged and said these prices are a bet on the future, arguing demand is hot because everyone wants computing power for artificial intelligence. Another group was having none of it. Their hot take: if AI is so smart, why not use it to make bloated software run better on cheaper machines instead of guzzling ever more expensive hardware? One commenter practically begged, "Rent me an rpi if the software is fast," turning a tiny low-cost computer into the thread's unofficial mascot.

And then came the deadpan comedy. "The use of AI is still optional," one user jabbed, slicing through the hype with the energy of someone refusing to join the latest overpriced trend. Another joked that AI should clean up all the software built back when memory was cheap. In other words: the community mood is half panic, half sarcasm, and fully ready to roast the industry for making basic computing feel like a luxury hobby.