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Re: Namecheap: Russia Service Termination

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Post by gre »

NamecheapCEO wrote: post #42

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…

Thanks for the heads up, I did not know Namecheap had such terrible politics. No, I do not support Russia.

I transferred my three domains to Cloudflare. Cheers.

Re: Namecheap: Russia Service Termination

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Post by fastball »

Al-Khwarizmi wrote: post #297
xtracto wrote: post #141

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…

It's not really based on their place of birth? If you are a Russian outside Russia without using a Russian bank account I don't think this will effect you.

Re: Namecheap: Russia Service Termination

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Post by otterley »

firekvz wrote: post #244

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…

On the one hand, sanctions are bad because they often harm citizens of the targeted regime than they do the leadership they're meant to influence. Any right-thinking person should sympathize with the toll that they have on ordinary people.

On the other hand, sanctions are believed to work -- at least in the long term -- precisely because of this effect. The (usually unspoken) theory is that eventually the people won't be able to bear the impact on their day-to-day lives and will rise up and overthrow their leadership. Hopefully Venezuelans, like Russians, will eventually do just this.

Re: Namecheap: Russia Service Termination

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Post by null0pointer »

xtracto wrote: post #151
hereforphone wrote: post #133

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.

I mean... I would be OK if namecheap decides to terminate the service for other countries that threat the world with nuclear bombs. I think that's a whole different level.

I would not be ok with that. Threats of nuclear war should be resolved at the negotiating table. Random private companies voluntarily retaliating only risks making the situation more delicate.

Re: Namecheap: Russia Service Termination

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Post by jimmydorry »

sergiotapia wrote: post #295
concinds wrote: post #182

It may interest you to know that Namecheap, just a few days ago, banned a few domain names purely based on an ambiguous tweet that got 8 likes , that didn't even ask for those domains to be banned or cite any ToS violation. https://twitter.com/Namecheap/status/1489485337885921284 Namecheap then reverted that decision when they got ratioed (with no tweets supporting their decision). I've never heard of these domain na…

Thanks for sharing. I won't be using Namecheap for anything of consequence.

Me too. I was feeling pretty bad seeing this announcement, but after seeing several examples of how this is a cowboy operation, I'm finding it hard to take them as seriously now. Move on, avoid, and remind people why I do so in the future when this has blown over.

Re: Namecheap: Russia Service Termination

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Post by lettergram »

NamecheapCEO wrote: post #42

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…

I don't support much of what every government does. I actively oppose my own government where I can (not Russian though). Holding the serfs responsible is absolutely immoral. Further, your employees and investors can be hurt (not sure they will in this case).

I will ensure myself and no one I know will ever use your service.

I want nothing to do with a company who punishes people arbitrary.

Re: Namecheap: Russia Service Termination

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Post by aritmo »

NamecheapCEO wrote: post #42

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…

It's almost seven years since Saudi Arabia started the war against Yemen [1] They are still attacking Yemen and they commit atrocities.

Could you please consider a Saudi Arabia Service Termination?

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabian%E2%80%93led_inte...

Re: Namecheap: Russia Service Termination

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Post by kaibee »

jimmydorry wrote: post #446
jacktribe wrote: post #364

Yes, it's all very unfortunate that you have some additional work to do. In all seriousness, you need to take a step back and realize that this is a minimal price that we all have to pay, that includes those of us in the western world, to enjoy the freedoms that we have every day. The current events have a negative impact on the entire world, and it's already bad enough that we have let it get this far and a country…

I don't see how this isn't anything but virtue signalling, and forcing citizens to bear the cost. Being cut off from the rest of the world's financial system, and with a collapsing ruble, not to mention a failing financial sector, how do you think people are going to find alternative infrastructure providers? What critical infrastructure will this take offline? What untold damage will this cause to civilians that hav…

> I don't see how this isn't anything but virtue signalling, and forcing citizens to bear the cost.

It is the same citizens who are ultimately funding the Russian military with their taxes. I understand it isn't by individual choice, but that's the way it is and it is up to them to fix it.

Re: Namecheap: Russia Service Termination

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Post by jounker »

effnamecheap wrote: post #23

Simply an American, and I’ll be moving my dozen domains off of Namecheap. Attacking random Russians for something you don’t like of their leader is as dumb as post-9/11 Sikh bashing or interning German/Italian/Japanese after Pearl Harbor and the war declaration. Way to make a shit situation worse.

Russia has attacked over 1000 of namecheap’s employees.

Re: Namecheap: Russia Service Termination

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Post by JonathanFly »

jchiu1106 wrote: post #306

This is a terrible move. Virtue signaling at it's worst. Putin literally gives p 0 f'ck about namecheap. It doesn't do squat to him but meanwhile you're hurting regular Russian users for something they have no control over. Do you think they will be pressuring Putin to stop the war bc they can't use namecheap anymore? They will likely to be more mad at the west. Lastly, doing this is just going to increase the segreg…

>This is a terrible move. Virtue signaling at it's worst.

The majority of Namecheap's employees live in Ukraine.

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