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Re: Namecheap: Russia Service Termination

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Post by dang »

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…

> So yeah, I am happy that this thing is making Russian civilians uncomfortable

You can't post like this here, regardless of how strongly you feel or how right the side you're on is.

If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.

We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30505468.

Re: Namecheap: Russia Service Termination

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Post by nojonestownpls »

It's ironic that some people are using "whataboutism" as some trump card argument when people compare this actions of other countries, and in some cases linking to the Wikipedia article, when the article itself [1] points out:

> Those who use whataboutism are not necessarily engaging in an empty or cynical deflection of responsibility: whataboutism can be a useful tool to expose contradictions, double standards, and hypocrisy.

And even notes that people have "criticized the usage of accusations of whataboutism by American news outlets, arguing that accusations of whataboutism have been used to simply deflect criticisms of human rights abuses perpetrated by the United States or its allies."

Whataboutism has meaning only in a specific context, and is not a mallet to beat down anyone who points out any double standard you're uncomfortable with.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism

Re: Namecheap: Russia Service Termination

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Post by nojonestownpls »

vbezhenar wrote: post #4

While I'm not from Russia, I guess I have to move domains to the registrar in my country. It's just not safe to do any business abroad, when I can't go to the court in case of anything happens and all my property could be seized if someone wouldn't like actions of my government.

Yeah, this is breeding more isolationism and distrust; now I have to take nationalistic concerns into account when choosing service providers, and wonder who else might pull a Namecheap in the future.

Re: Namecheap: Russia Service Termination

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Post by warner_of_doom »

When exactly are you planning to punish our (American) political class for its war crimes and human rights violations?

How about punishing us for our operatives that began the 2014 putsch in Ukraine?

How about punishing us for Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Libya, Yemen, etc., etc.?

How about the drone strikes that killed an innocent family?

NO. You are exactly what is wrong in this world. Hypocrisy is fine. But, not recognizing it is just evil.

More virtue-signalling and grand-standing. Nothing more. You think that little yellow-blue flag on your site makes the world better? No. It doesn't. Recognizing the complexity of this situation would make you a better company in my eyes.

I was planning on buying myself a domain for my little self-hosted project. I am crossing Namecheap off the list of providers I was considering. Adios.

Re: Namecheap: Russia Service Termination

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Post by ivan_gammel »

thrwyoilarticle wrote: post #636
symbix wrote: post #172

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I get that, and you're totally entitled to do this. And you're probably right that ends justify the means. And, probably, total damage will be worth it. But, in my insignificant personal case, I will be busy moving domains and paying for transfers instead of doing what I've been doing and spending money on what I've been spending it for the last 5 days, helping people detained and/or arrested for participating in ant…

>And, you know, those people you want to point at their own government, they won't get it. There are thousands of people 'getting it' being arrested on the streets of Moscow.

They are getting it not because some domain registrar decided to do whatever he wants.

Re: Namecheap: Russia Service Termination

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Post by incidentnormal »

NamecheapCEO wrote: post #187
symbix wrote: post #172

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I get that, and you're totally entitled to do this. And you're probably right that ends justify the means. And, probably, total damage will be worth it. But, in my insignificant personal case, I will be busy moving domains and paying for transfers instead of doing what I've been doing and spending money on what I've been spending it for the last 5 days, helping people detained and/or arrested for participating in ant…

Contact us, we'll make exceptions in cases like this. Thanks for what you are doing.

I may be being overly paranoid here, but consider that being made an exception of by Namecheap might draw the wrong kind of attention from the regime.

Re: Namecheap: Russia Service Termination

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Post by avazhi »

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…

Good for you.

Re: Namecheap: Russia Service Termination

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Post by jesterson »

Getting hype on current events via creating inconveniences for regular people is plainly disgusting. This kind of virtue signalling is unfortunately not rare nowadays.

Disclaimer: not affected by that, moved from namecheap for other reasons (terrible service) and never regretted it.

Re: Namecheap: Russia Service Termination

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Post by mkbkn »

Can't believe so-called "liberal" tech is being used to deny services to people based on their country of birth or passport. It's ridiculous to even think of such a move.

This is carpet-bombing people. Sure some Russian propaganda websites will take the hit but everyone? Don't be that fool. Stop misusing your power.

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