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Itch.io Taken Down by Funko

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Re: Itch.io Taken Down by Funko

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The registrar in question is iwantmyname, so I guess you can add them to your "do not use" list.

I feel like it's better to have a "do use" list for something as important as a domain name registrar. - Namecheap - Cloudflare - Route 53 (if on AWS) Any others?

Namecheap is terrible and cannot be trusted, you can google tons of horror stories.

Without a doubt, Porkbun is one of the best. Their staff is knowledgeable, helpful and efficient. Highly recommend them.

Re: Itch.io Taken Down by Funko

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Fan anything has always been at the mercy of the trademark owner.

there was a time where the internet wasn't a corpo hellscape.

> there was a time where the internet wasn't a corpo hellscape.

DMCA passed in 1998. it was short lived.

Re: Itch.io Taken Down by Funko

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As a naive and new adult entering the world, I would have assumed that all you need to do is report this to your police/government, and they'll start a case, preliminarily determine that "Yeah, some sort of fraud happened" and then proceed to start a court case against the accused party so that a jury/judge can determine it's validity. The fact that lawyers and the "lawyer system", in conjunction with prosecutorial o…

It's very unlikely that anything criminal has happened here, so government is irrelevant. I'm not even sure we're seeing any malevolence, just rank incompetence.

Not Criminal but invalid DMCA takedowns do open you up to lawsuits. I'm curious if both sides (aka the registrar and Funko) are liable or only Funko.

Re: Itch.io Taken Down by Funko

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The registrar in question is iwantmyname, so I guess you can add them to your "do not use" list.

I feel like it's better to have a "do use" list for something as important as a domain name registrar. - Namecheap - Cloudflare - Route 53 (if on AWS) Any others?

Any recommendations for people looking for a strictly European registrar?

Re: Itch.io Taken Down by Funko

#85
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They used to be really good, independent registrar from New Zealand but I think got acquired sometime a few years ago and went down hill.

Yes that's true. Just yesterday I bought a new domain through them. I'm surprised about their slowness. Again, 2 days ago I sent a request via their web-form and less than 24h later it was resolved. Disclosure: I know the founder (Lenz).

Is Lenz happy with how he operates his company?

Re: Itch.io Taken Down by Funko

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The registrar in question is iwantmyname, so I guess you can add them to your "do not use" list.

I feel like it's better to have a "do use" list for something as important as a domain name registrar. - Namecheap - Cloudflare - Route 53 (if on AWS) Any others?

I'd prefer a 'do not' list, because 'experience quoted'. Any one of the names you mention could be bought/ new CEO etc tomorrow and start the turdification (tm) slide.

Re: Itch.io Taken Down by Funko

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I feel like it's better to have a "do use" list for something as important as a domain name registrar. - Namecheap - Cloudflare - Route 53 (if on AWS) Any others?

I've been using IONOS (formerly 1und1) for the last 20 years for all of my DNS and hosting needs and couldn't be happier. Their uptime, non-obtrusive policies, and customer support have all been top notch . Can't recommend enough. As an example; I had a dedicated server that I was leasing that I wanted to upgrade, the sales tech noticed that the plan I was currently on had been retired/replaced and credited my accoun…

Their extremely weird and annoying adverts in the UK have ensured I will never use any of their services.

Re: Itch.io Taken Down by Funko

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a naive and new adult entering the world, I would have assumed that all you need to do is report this to your police/government, and they'll start a case, preliminarily determine that "Yeah, some sort of fraud happened" and then proceed to start a court case against the accused party so that a jury/judge can determine it's validity. The fact that lawyers and the "lawyer system", in conjunction with prosecutorial o…

It's very unlikely that anything criminal has happened here, so government is irrelevant. I'm not even sure we're seeing any malevolence, just rank incompetence.

Negligence at scale is malevolence.

Re: Itch.io Taken Down by Funko

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I feel like it's better to have a "do use" list for something as important as a domain name registrar. - Namecheap - Cloudflare - Route 53 (if on AWS) Any others?

easyDNS (not to be confused with DNSEasy or DNS Made Easy). Very happy customer for many years and there are not many companies I can say that about. If you are in Germany donaindiscount24.com is good option too.

Beware! The OP was originally at a good provider which got bought out by Team Internet. See:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42364033

If you take a look at:

https://www.domaindiscount24.com/en/about-us

You will see that Team Internet owns them as well. So I would personally bve on the fence if I would consider them good or not.

Re: Itch.io Taken Down by Funko

#90
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Interesting - most Bluesky accounts, especially those related to gaming, are reporting higher engagement stats on Bluesky, at least relatively if not absolutely.

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Thanks for making the internet shittier
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