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It appears that Digital Ocean changed their TOS in 2015 to reflect that all credits expire 12 months after they are issued.

See https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/are-tos-cha...

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My understanding is those were promotional credits. Now they're doing the same thing with referral credits. I guess we shouldn't be surprised, but it still leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I will be moving to one of their competitors ASAP.

Ah, thank you for explaining.

Yeah, that's shady.

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