I understand that I will be charged even if my droplet is powered off. https://www.digitalocean.com/help/pricing-and-billing/general/
However, that leads me to the question: why would I ever need to power off my droplet unless it is to make a snapshot of it and destroy it?
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This would largely depend on what you use the droplet for. When you don’t need the related functions then you’d want to turn it off.
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