I created this account just to inform you that I am moving all my business away from your platform.
Namecheap: Russia Service Termination
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Re: Namecheap: Russia Service Termination
#352I believe we should start a group lawsuit against Namecheap in US courts. The damage they will make will be much, MUCH greater than a domain name renewal cost. We didn't violate a single point of the agreement and nobody of us is in US SDN list. This specific company think it can fuck a contract just because they want and we should stop this. Internet is a territory of freedom where we do not sort people.
We have every right to choose who we do or don't do business with. We are a private company and are protected as such. If you need more time to move away, reach out.
But, you had a contractual agreement with them.
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#353As 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…
You inadvertently argued against your own point. Your friend's startup died, that damages the economy, that is what economic sanctions are designed to do. Whether the specific instance of sanctioning was justified is another matter of course, but the point is that the economy was damaged. That hurts ordinary people yes, but - this is a war. Better an economic hit than being bombed or shot.
> That hurts ordinary people yes, but - this is a war. Better an economic hit than being bombed or shot.
40,000+ people died in Venezuela because of sanctions.
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Re: Namecheap: Russia Service Termination
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"russian people chose" We don't choose the place where we are born.
Right, and trying to unseat Putin has historically meant prison or death to its citizens.
We can support Russians to create political change, without hardening them to feel like perhaps yes the rest of the world is against them.
This is about Putin and Russian elite who support him.
Frankly, the fact Trump is still not in prison and probably running again doesn't say much good about US democracy and justice. Indeed his last foreign blackmail was against Ukraine regarding sale of the Javelin weapons they now desperately need.
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#355Received the same. Such a shitty move. Moving some left over from them to nic.ru Why not ban every single US and NATO country users for the slaughter of many countries including but not limited to Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Palestine, Yemen, Libya... because of the actions of their government? Fuck this mentality that makes the life of ordinary people harder and call it "sympathy".
If an Iraqi company wanted to stop doing business with US clients during the Iraq war, they'd come across as reasonable.
100% agreed. But in that case, it's better to say that such is the reason.
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#356We 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 not just block renewals and new registrations? Do you have to pay taxes to Russia on .ru registrations at other times?
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Once upon a time trading with the enemy would get you shot. Now obviously those days are past and it is no apparently perfectly acceptable to do this (see: German Gas), but for Namecheap this isn't about money, but about the fact that their employees are mostly in Ukraine and that you are effectively asking them to continue to trade with the party that has declared themselves their enemy, which they - in good conscience - probably can not do, effectively or at all.
If your country was invading mine and while I'm trying to stay alive and keep those near me safe, food is running out and worse would be aware that my employer is still serving customers on the other side of the divide I would seriously consider giving them a piece of my mind.
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#358As 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…
You inadvertently argued against your own point. Your friend's startup died, that damages the economy, that is what economic sanctions are designed to do. Whether the specific instance of sanctioning was justified is another matter of course, but the point is that the economy was damaged. That hurts ordinary people yes, but - this is a war. Better an economic hit than being bombed or shot.
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Re: Namecheap: Russia Service Termination
#359We 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…
> People that are getting angry need to point that at the cause, their own government. Believe me, I'm very angry at my government. Unlike you, I've been protesting the regime for several years, putting my health and well-being at risk. I've donated thousands of dollars to anti-regime organizations. And I'm currently in the process of fleeing the country because of this. So I'm also very angry at you, for screwing me…
You fight with the weapons you have. If you have a rock to defend your family with, you fight with the rock. The guy you kill with the rock is, realistically, probably as innocent as the commoners back in Russia.
If you have the ability to hit the Russian government where it hurts - in their money - not using it to defend your employees is as unconscionable as not picking up that rock to defend your family.
War has never differentiated between innocent and guilty in the past, nor can it differentiate today. It's a battle between governments, and people who are really hurt will always be the innocent.
Fuck war. But don't blame someone for defending themselves, their family, their employees, with the weapons they have, not the weapons you wish they had.
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#360Initially 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 blanke…
Right now, the most important action that the West can take is military aid to Ukraine. Ideally, direct air support, but even equipment helps. If the invasion ultimately fails, it's unlikely that Putin will remain in power for long. Not because of any revolution, but because the Russian elites themselves will pin everything on him.
With government and private sanctions, it really depends. Some (e.g. disconnecting SWIFT) will be a major pain in the ass for the elites. Others, like this one, really only hurt the population at large, and the govt propaganda is going to tap into this big time.