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1. TheP10+T7[view] [source] 2022-08-15 14:59:00
>>M0r13n+(OP)
GoDaddy is really a dishonest company. Please do yourself a favor and avoid them. Things I've personally experienced:

* The purchase of webfaction w/ a promise to migrate sites to a new host. They promised for over a year to do this migration and then 30 days before shutdown told me they could not migrate and to figure it out.

* Domain name sniping. Never ever use godaddy to search to find a domain. They will just steal anything you search for if you don't immediately claim it.

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2. cgb223+hc[view] [source] 2022-08-15 15:17:00
>>TheP10+T7
Is Namecheap better?

My domains are currently split between the two

Might as well move my stuff over if it means avoiding things like this

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3. 199X+dl[view] [source] 2022-08-15 15:57:35
>>cgb223+hc
as long as you are not russian[0], today. Maybe tomorrow they will discriminate your country.

[0] https://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx...

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4. katbyt+9n[view] [source] 2022-08-15 16:07:26
>>199X+dl
Some people may consider this a reason to continue to support them.
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5. dannyw+Ko[view] [source] 2022-08-15 16:14:50
>>katbyt+9n
I prefer my domain name registrar to be neutral instead of political, thanks. What's next, bash refusing to run if your locale is ru-RU?
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6. wpietr+CD[view] [source] 2022-08-15 17:17:13
>>dannyw+Ko
There's no "neutral" here, just different flavors of political. Indifference to and support of a war of aggression are both legitimate political positions. But they are unavoidably political positions.

At this point, there are 5000+ dead Ukrainian civilians. If at this point you are more concerned about Russian citizens buying domains names from one vendor than you are about Ukrainian civilians getting blown up, that's in no way a neutral position. Similarly, you and Namecheap both have freedom of association. Their using it to enhance sanctions against Russia is exactly as political as you using it to boycott them for their choice.

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