It was that bad 2 years ago, in the AMS3 region. I don't know how it is these days, but I expect after 2 years it has matured at least a little bit. They also now include a CDN, which might improve things a bit if it reduces the load on the buckets behind it.

Honestly it soured my opinion on DO a bit. I'd previously had a droplet there for several years, which never seemed to experience any issues at all.