As much as I like Hetzner as a provider, sometimes they come up with weird ideas. Now you can also get additional IPs for your entry server (their starter package). However, these cost a monthly fee per IP - which is actually pretty strange, since IP addresses aren't supposed to be sold according to RIPE - but okay, whatever. I'd be willing to pay a moderate amount for an additional IP.

But the idea that my 250 GB free volume only applies to the main IP and every started GB on the additional IPs has to be paid for, even if there's still plenty of free volume on the main IP - sorry, but that's just plain stupid. That way you end up paying double and triple for the additional IPs. No way. A second IP address for test installations or an isolated chroot jail with isolated software setup isn't that important to me.

In fairness, it should be mentioned that the next larger root server solution from Hetzner does have IPs as needed without a monthly fee. But how the free volume is distributed there, I don't know - it's not clear from their websites anyway.

Well, up until now Hetzner has always surprised me by eventually just dropping strange and absurd ideas and replacing them with sensible solutions (like the long overdue emergency boot system that's now available, or the option for hardware upgrades on the entry server). I'm not giving up hope on the additional IPs either.