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"Notorious" isn't always negative—the connotations of the word depend on context (and probably regional use?) in sometimes confusing ways.


Indeed! It's a really interesting usage. Maybe it developed in a similar way as "badass" to convey a sense of (positive, approved) vaguely dangerous wildness and coolness.

It kind of makes sense here -- Hetzner's competitors probably hate this "notorious" behavior of being so good at ruthlessly[1] slashing prices

[1] See, another example of this sort of thing. Cool!


Interesting, didn't know that. Thanks for elaborating!


You still don't! I was speculating :)




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