I understand where you're coming from, but I think it's a bit unfair to level the accusation that this is blatant disrespect until DO responds to this (or decides not to).
I can even understand the initial thinking behind the FAQ entry - on the surface, it seems like a decent solution that works in theory. But as the blog post highlights, it just drove an entirely new kind of negative behavior.
I'd personally wait to see how DO responds/adapts (or doesn't) before investing the time to move my servers.
I think them not putting any meaningful measures in place since the last years is already a response.
One such measure could've been to make it opt-in, but as mentioned on Twitter that was proposed internally and rejected. That to me already clearly signals that they were aware of the problems they were causing for maintainers (maybe not the extent), but chose to prioritize their bottom line, which to me is very much "blatant discrespect".
I can even understand the initial thinking behind the FAQ entry - on the surface, it seems like a decent solution that works in theory. But as the blog post highlights, it just drove an entirely new kind of negative behavior.
I'd personally wait to see how DO responds/adapts (or doesn't) before investing the time to move my servers.