So - yeh, agree in principle, disagree in practice.
Both times I had all domains moved over in less than 24 hours.
Then the transfer process takes about 2 minutes per domain so the whole process was done in a little over an hour.
for example for .de domains though, the remaining time on your registration is dropped and you start fresh from the transferal day.
There is a "Controversies" section of their Wikipedia article with 8 distinct sub-headings, and the section is prefixed with "For a more comprehensive list, see List of controversies involving GoDaddy" linking to another dedicated 15-section article.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GoDaddy#Controversies
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_controversies_involvin...
(Currently happy with the bitnami wordpress image, but wouldn't mind going 100% static!)
For the transfer it’s just like anywhere else. Initiate the transfer, get the code from the other registrar and wait for it to go through.
- there was no way to move the "root" domain name away from Google Workspace while the account was still in service,
- after deleting the account, any access was definitely lost (I spent a lot of time on the phone with them, but they provided no help),
- the lost domain name was never "released", it remained officially under my ownership until the very last day of its registration period, even though I had no way to act on it.
- when I called that out a bug, they firmly replied that no there was no bug...
So, the lesson is: never use a domain name important for your business as the root domain name of a Google Workspace account, unless you really are sure that you will never need to move it to another registrar nor to delete the account.
The website's homepage is deceiving. The control panel they offer is really for power users. They expose literally everything, and have APIs for most things that you'd want to automate. For people who have to manage multiple domains, it's helpful.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Parsons#Controversies
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_controversies_involvin...
You can use anybody as a registrar if you don’t want those tools though. CF sells domains at cost so it’s not something they aren’t making money on.
Again, in case most people don't know this, most hosting providers are resellers of the big companies. They all do the same thing and have access to the same stuff. The only difference is that individual company's pricing and service. Pick wisely!
Sure, it’s Tucows, but it’s not GD.
If Gandi advertised with lewds, well. People would complain and they would probably stop.
The "scummy actions and questionable security practices" are both necessary and sufficient to persuade the informed reader not to patronize their services. Bringing in additional minor peccadillos weakens the argument by bringing out everyone who likes tits in ads.
No one likes the kind of bad behavior GoDaddy is known for.
This comment might seem a bit out-of-place if you don't happen to use showdead.
Never ever use any google product if you might need to talk to a human.
Moreover the domain did not belong to my GoDaddy account (which makes sense, as I created the GW account and acquired the root domain several years before I signed up to GoDaddy). So maybe it was a hidden GoDaddy account, something like a service account for the exclusive use of GW internal tools?
My main personal domain is through freedns.afraid.org, which in turn uses registryrocket.com for the actual registrar. I'm sure there are better options as far as nameservers and registrars go, but (aside from me forgetting to renew every couple years) it's been rock solid and worth every penny of whatever pittance I ended up paying for a premium account a decade-ish ago.
And then I've got a random .is domain registered through 1984 Hosting. Still haven't figured out a use for it.
I think to be consistent with the 'don't use women for ads' approach, you need to be opposed to use human-based or non-product-related human interest advertisement at all, which includes, but is probably not limited to men [1], children [2], the elderly [3], people of a certain demographic and/or sexual orientation and/or gender identity [4], or national rivalries [5][6] or stereotypes [7] or even the concepts of such. You would also have to have a stern look at the art scene, because sex also sells as sculpture, on canvas, as a particularly suggestive voice or on the screen - it may be part of the work, but it also has an advertising effect.
And what a bleak world would that be.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C-vYY3SBDE [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqgSO8_cRio [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG4IaHgqH00 [4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw_gHMNs5iE [5] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWvKVE6rLI0 [6] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g72KE8dmjc [7] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMQnPWjK5pE
anyhow, imho, I do not see anything that I consider that bad; they are sure selling products that anybody involved in IT may consider at "low level", so avoiding it. I have the same reaction anytime I hear the term "Wordpress", but no doubt is used by so many.