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Namecheap: Russia Service Termination

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Re: Namecheap: Russia Service Termination

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Post by Seattle3503 »

paxys wrote: post #268

"They should stay neutral in all this!!" – people sitting comfortably in a first world country opining about a company whose 1700 employees in Ukraine – including in Kharkiv – ( https://www.namecheap.com/careers/ukraine/ ) are literally getting murdered as we speak. What should they do? Keep taking support calls from Russia while their missiles rain from above?

Yes, to everyone who is saying "why don't you block Americans for their war crimes as well?" Maybe they would, if American bombs were falling on their city.

Re: Namecheap: Russia Service Termination

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Post by georgyo »

wellthisisgreat wrote: post #519
jkadlec wrote: post #478

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> people getting killed by your army, This is ridiculous. It’s not HIS army. Unless Putin is posting on HN about his Namecheap troubles. Things like this alienate people and push them into Putin’s will. The less options Russian people have the more vulnerable they are to dictatorship. It’s common people who got in a socioeconomic grinder.

The US army is _my_ army, even if I don't agree with all their actions or have any direct control over them what so ever.

The place where I borrow a book is _my_ library, and the sports team I follow is _my_ team.

The Russian people are not in control and likely the majority do not agree with what is happening, but it is still their army. And the Russian army is made up of Russian people.

The discomfort put on Russian families puts pressure on the Russian people in the military.

Currently everyone who resists Putins will is arrested or worse. However that is simply not a scalable solution to keep an unhappy population from fighting back against the cause of their unhappiness.

In this case Putin unilaterally decided to attack their cousins and take the wrath of the entire world. He is the cause of their unhappiness, and they will squeeze him out like a tick.

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Post by kaziboxa »

Russian wrote: post #108

I 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.

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Re: Namecheap: Russia Service Termination

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Post by kvathupo »

jacktribe wrote: post #388

I am completely in support of this. Hopefully the Russian people understand that these types of measures are not taken because we are trying to exact revenge on them as a people. This is our way to motivate you, to encourage you to go out in major cities and protest by the millions. More so than any other profession, we in tech are often shielded from major events happening in the outside world (see pandemic). We nee…

As this comment ([1]) demonstrates, I caution you against thinking it's safe to protest in Russia. We are truly privileged to live in a country where dissent doesn't result in being poisoned. Empathy goes a long way towards building a better world.

[1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30506143

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Post by chadash »

walrusfromspace wrote: post #556
lwneal wrote: post #311

I was surprised by this, until I realized that one of Namecheap's offices is in downtown Kharkiv. Today, the Russian military bombed Kharkiv with cluster munitions [1]. Civilians were killed, possibly including children [2]. Given the severity of the situation, I'm surprised that Namecheap has not opted for more drastic measures- for example, redirecting Russian web traffic. Simply transferring Russian businesses to…

While there are treaties intended to limit the usage of cluster bombs the Russian Federation is not a signatory on any of those. Neither is the United States for that matter.

so dropping cluster bombs on civilian population centers is ok if you didn’t sign an agreement not to?

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Post by metabagel »

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…

The term "virtue signaling" is used so broadly as to be almost meaningless. One might even got to say that anytime someone uses the term "virtue signaling", it's virtue signaling. (sigh)

Re: Namecheap: Russia Service Termination

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Post by karaterobot »

The loss of tax revenue is not going to be large enough for anyone in Russia to even hear about it, but the ordinary people who lose hosting or have to change registrars will suffer in some small, appreciable way. I'll give Namecheap the benefit of the doubt and say their heart is in the right place, but this is not a productive action for them to take.

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Post by namecheap_shit »

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…

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