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Re: Namecheap: Russia Service Termination

#341

We haven't blocked the domains, we are asking people to move. There are plenty of other choices out there when it comes to infrastructure services so this isn't "deplatforming". I sympathize with people that are not pro regime but ultimately even those tax dollars they may generate go to the regime. We have people on the ground in Ukraine being bombarded now non stop. I cannot with good conscience continue to support…

Why are you giving an unrealistic deadline to transfer the domains away until the 6th if domain transfers take 5-7 days. Will you stop the transfers in the process when the 6th of March comes?

Re: Namecheap: Russia Service Termination

#342
I'm just wondering, will you apply this standard fairly to all countries? This is of course a strong argument, and if you do, I will in admiration.

However, if you are going to apply it selectively, it's not nearly as impressive.

Otherwise, if you are doing it because your country is at war with Russia, that is much better justification and is commendable.

Re: Namecheap: Russia Service Termination

#344

I am frankly shocked and dismayed at the number of people deriding this decision. In a grey world this seems like such a black and white thing. Sure it may inconvenience a few, but on the other hand innocents are being slaughtered. All the weight of these complaints don't even begin to touch the scale when compared to literal children being murdered. Besides all that, Namecheap is a private company and can do busines…

Yeah, the employees of Namecheap are going to sleep wondering if they're going to wake up or just die in a hail of Russian MLRS rockets. Meanwhile half this forum is very concerned that Namecheap's actions sounds too much like woke cancel culture.

Re: Namecheap: Russia Service Termination

#345
Initially my comment was that i approve of this. We need to calm down. Some russians are also a victim of putin. While from the comfort of my arm chair is easy to demand that russians show the same bravery as ukranians and topple their dictator, the reality is different.

We need to let our governments take drastic action, and sure, us as citizens stand up to anyone in support of putin and the war but not issue blanket bans and private sanctions.

We dont want to create the conditions of the first world war where innocent germans were punished for actions they were not responsible for, led to misery and was later on used as propaganda. Many in Russia dont even understand the enormity of what is happening, and that includes some here on this forum. Yes you can be well educated and highly paid and still not understand that russia has attacked humanity itself in the name of long gone glory and pride.

As such i would kindly ask that namecheap changes this policy and applies it only to those customers that display clear support for the putinists (i.e. government entities, propaganda farms, money launderers and so on).

Remember, Germans were the first casualty of the nazis.

I stand for ukraine, but i stand for freedom loving russians too.

Re: Namecheap: Russia Service Termination

#346

I am from a third party country that has absolutely nothing to do with this war, but my thought after seeing Russian civilians complain about these policies is that, they should stand up, go out of their home and complain to their government. The reason why all the world is doing this is because their freaking leader (Putin) has threatened nuclear war, and is pushing for war, invading a country. Like... hello? you ha…

> you have no business in any international matter (finance, sport, gaming, internet, etc) until you fix your shit in your country. Seriously, what kind of argument is this? Have you risked your own life to complain against a dictator? I don't know, maybe you have. But >99% of the people in the West haven't. Who are you to tell another random person, who (to the best of our knowledge) hasn't done anything wrong, that…

> Seriously, what kind of argument is this?

Whataboutism.

It's become the main pro-Putin talking point in the last couple of days, after an abrupt drop-off when the last one (Russia will never invade, Biden is a madman, etc) abruptly stopped working.

Re: Namecheap: Russia Service Termination

#347

How is this supposed to help? Ok, i get the virtue signaling angle, but seriously. What do you expect? That people want domains so much that they'll drop everything, abandon their families, kids, jobs, and go rise up against a well-defended president who'll jail or kill them for protesting? This does NOTHING to help Ukraine, hurts INNOCENT Russians, and makes you look good in the eyes of only the least attentive....…

If we were virtue signaling we wouldn't willingly be giving up a not non significant part of our business. This hurts us financially but it's the right thing to do, at least for us. Your leader/country is already killing innocent civilians/ukranians. They are putting it all on the line with their lives. They didn't ask for this yet they are dying for it. Change needs to come and the only way it can is for the Russian…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Iraq_War#Ira...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_casualties_in_the_war...

What makes this one different? I can understand being appalled at governments waging war at the cost of civilian life, but it's not like that just started 5 days ago...

Re: Namecheap: Russia Service Termination

#348

Wow, cancel culture come to the nations level. Can you cancel France please, they do nasty things in Africa right now, and Black Lives Matters. But anyway, breach of contract pretty nasty thing, you will probably get class action ed sometimes later. Client can be a corporation with real lawyers.

They should have just said Ukraine was harboring weapons of mass destruction.

Re: Namecheap: Russia Service Termination

#349

As a non-russia customer, I am inmediatly moving all of my domains I host at namecheap to another provider. this kind of stuff from private companies are useless, and downvote me all you want, they do not work, and dont come to lecture me from your SF desk while im living in a sanctioned country, how did the 2017-2019 sactions for Venezuela worked? Everyone in the world moved on and even forgot about our country, and…

I don't think it's a PR move. The company has many Ukrainian employees, and those people are understandably angry now, and want to lash out at something to do with Russia; so they found a target within their reach. It's still a bad idea because it doesn't actually help anything except Russian propaganda, but I can see where they are coming from.

Re: Namecheap: Russia Service Termination

#350

If they're willing to terminate service for political reasons in this case, who's to say they won't do it in the future for other political reasons? Here begins the slippery slope of Namecheap terminating service to those it deems "wrong". Been a happy, confident Namecheap user for a long time. Now I'm not so confident.

Oh no! Will somebody please think of the domains?!

/s

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