I fully support the decision.
My perspective about regular people of Russia and if they should be sharing the responsibility for the war in Ukraine here: http://nywkap.com/politics/russian-responsibility.html
Namecheap: Russia Service Termination
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#902That's unfortunate. And I for the record, think Russian invasion of Ukraine is a serious threat to the whole globe, the conflict potentially might get out of hands with no limits in sight.
However, businesses should not take political or legal stances on their own. This is a slippery slope as many have pointed out.
Rather let the governments decide on that part. When a government decides something, at that point - it becomes a legal obligation and a justified action.
Otherwise, it is an abrupt all of sudden termination of contract which would make potential and existing customers uncomfortable as well.
What's the guarantee that Namecheap won't pull the plug on European or Chinese customers some day with similar rationale?
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#903We 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…
First of all, I don't question you right to do what you are decided to do. And I wish all of your staff members and their families & friends to be safe. But I do have a question:
Did you, as some commenters say, decided to terminate services based on nationality rather than place of residency? If so, then it looks like a poorly planned decision. Overwhelming majority of Russians living abroad are against the war and Putin. In fact, many have left Russia because of its president.
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#904We 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…
> We have people on the ground in Ukraine being bombarded now non stop. I cannot with good conscience continue to support the Russian regime in any way, shape or form. What about the American regime currently bombing Somalia? Or the Saudi regime currently bombing Yemen? Or the Israeli regime currently bombing Syria? Or the ... regime currently bombing ...? You get the point, surely. Why the selective enforcement agai…
The people you list aren't white enough for westerners to care. That's what it is, that's all there is to it.
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#905We 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 to know namecheap isn't a reliable business partner.
Will be moving over my stuff, and adding it to the blacklist
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#908I 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…
Indeed. I would've been sorely tempted to post all Russian customer information including payment details to Ukrainian social media to exploit as they are able. Until this is over I regard every single entity inside the borders of the Russian Federation as persona non grata. Public, private, living or dead. I'm not about to be the guy who postured about legality and politeness when it turns out some of my customers w…
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#909We 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…
Disclaimer: I'm a namecheap customer who is not impacted
I am pro-ukraine and have donated and I'm helping in other ways. However, I could not disagree with this decision more. The Russian people need support now more than ever. If it's mandatory because of sanctions, then that's that.
Otherwise this is alienating the people inside Russia that are most likely to help, the educated, globally connected tech and business people. They read western papers and are the ones being locked up for protesting.
I've had multiple discussions over the last few days with people inside Russia that are appalled. They're acting, and organizing, but that takes time.
It's easy to coast along and not stick your head up, and they're realising they can't do that any more.
Rather than cutting people off, use your customer list in Russia to spread the word. Link to the attrocities.
If we all really want to go that next step, it's gas to Europe (which is still effectively excluded from the sanctions).
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