You can search HN for top articles mentioning linode. The comments speak for themselves. Basically Digital Ocean is better in every aspect you can think of.
Strongly disagree. Very been a customer for years before DO was launched. I've always benchmarked the same apps under the same load in both of them over the years and Linode has beaten DO every single time. Never had any issues with them.
Guessing due to multiple security incidents
Not only that, but outright lying about the breaches. When I used them in early 2010s, they managed to expose two different virtual CC numbers (which I _only_ used for Linode) to fraudulent charges. But both times they insisted I was not part of the breach they were suffering at the time ...
Oh wow I think I just figured out how a VERY limited-use card number got stolen around that same time.