Ask HN: Recommendations for a New Domain Registrar?

With the announcement of Google Domains shutting down and being sold off to Squarespace, I find myself losing the one registrar I had any trust in. In retrospect it was REALLY dumb of me to trust that a Google product that wasn't Ads/Youtube/Search to not shut down, but here I am.

I dunno much about Squarespace -- haven't used them at all, since I prefer making my own websites/apps -- so I'm leery about using a registrar that's so focused on products and addons and other stuff.

I'm looking for recommendations for a registrar that:

  - Has a reasonably modern interface
  - Has easy to use DNS settings etc
  - Has modern features (WHOIS protection etc), preferably built-in without needing to pay out the ass
  - Doesn't have scummy practices (*cough* GODADDY *cough* GANDI *cough*)

Thanks ahead of time!

Thoughts on Cloudflare?

I moved nearly all my domains (50+) to Cloudflare a few years back, saving me something like 200 quid a year from my old provider. Only domains outside cloudflare are my .ie domains, which are currently not supported and I think one or 2 others that haven't been supported yet. Handy to have the rest of the cloudflare services on there too.

No matter which one u choose, don't go with Godaddy. Thank me later. My suggestion is Namecheap or Cloudflare.