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GoDaddy locks out derivatives of Chrome

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Re: GoDaddy locks out derivatives of Chrome

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Post by MrDunham »

NAHWheatCracker wrote: post #94
LunarCamper wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's a better one? I've been using Google Domains, I don't really have a reason to complain about them, but I've always wondered whether parking everything with a big corporation like that will have its drawbacks one day.

I switched to NameCheap a couple years ago. I don't have anything to complain about.

I, too, use namecheap. In fairness I’m not as sophisticated as at least 95% of people on hacker news but it has certainly met all of my needs for the half dozen sites and 2 dozen domains I own

Re: GoDaddy locks out derivatives of Chrome

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Post by b3lvedere »

timbit42 wrote: post #103
mkl95 wrote: post #18

GoDaddy is a well-documented garbage fire. I used them once, then switched to Namecheap and I've never looked back.

I was using NameCheap but found Porkbun is less expensive and has an easier website.

I had never heard of Porkbun, so thank you for that info.

Re: GoDaddy locks out derivatives of Chrome

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Post by brightball »

artificialLimbs wrote: post #97
brightball wrote: post #86

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Registering domains is very fast. To transfer a domain Cloudflare insists that you use them for DNS, but I already do that. For the transfer it’s just like anywhere else. Initiate the transfer, get the code from the other registrar and wait for it to go through.

>> To transfer a domain Cloudflare insists that you use them for DNS That feels… slimy…

I mean, 99% of the reason to have a domain with Cloudflare is their DNS/WAF/CDN and the options you get from having them at the edge. If CF isn’t handling your DNS they can’t provide those services without some very specific configurations that aren’t for the faint of heart.

You can use anybody as a registrar if you don’t want those tools though. CF sells domains at cost so it’s not something they aren’t making money on.

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Post by gumby »

_notathrowaway wrote: post #53

Speaking of registars, what does HN recommend? I was a happy namecheap user until they decided to go all political against Russian citizens. I am unsure as to what service I should migrate to.

I use GKG for my personal domains. For all I know "they" are just a single person in her basement. Has worked fine for many years and isn't expensive.

Re: GoDaddy locks out derivatives of Chrome

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Post by archi42 »

_notathrowaway wrote: post #53

Speaking of registars, what does HN recommend? I was a happy namecheap user until they decided to go all political against Russian citizens. I am unsure as to what service I should migrate to.

I'm using NetCup for my DNS. They're based in Germany, operate from Nürnberg and expanded to Vienna (Austria) a while ago. DNS can be managed via Web UI (which I use) or API (but no ddclient support). I am not doing much with my domains besides mail, but afaict it worked as reliable as to be expected. I don't know their political views.

Speaking of ddclient, maybe check supported DNS services: https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient I don't think it's a good measure of quality, but if someone bothered extending ddclient for their service, it's probably not that bad. Plus if you ever find yourself wanting to use ddclient, it's nice having your provider supported. (NetCup is not supported, which is why I have to run an extra service on my Linux box instead of simply using the OpnSense).

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Post by teddyh »

_notathrowaway wrote: post #107
teddyh wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Like I have said previously¹ about choosing a registrar: If you have regular backups, and if some downtime is not really a problem, it might be fine to use web site hosting, e-mail (and in extreme cases even DNS hosting), from some fly-by-night el cheapo provider. But your domain name registrar? Pick them carefully, don’t skimp, and make sure they have good support. Because when things go pear-shaped, you really want…

Does your company have a website? You didn't divulge it in your linked post.

I’ve been asked this before: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21436448#21437951

Re: GoDaddy locks out derivatives of Chrome

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Post by duncan-donuts »

bob1029 wrote: post #106

User agent discrimination will never make sense to me. It's such a trivial thing to work around too. Are there legitimate use cases for describing yourself to the web, or could we all just hard-code the bullshit magic string chrome uses and be done with it? Ad tech is the only reason I believe this garbage continues. Maybe we can hope and pray for some kind of regulatory relief on the horizon. Alternatively, we can s…

I’d wager the primary reason they’re not doing it is they don’t have a use case for it (yet).

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Post by glook »

LunarCamper wrote: post #90
pluc wrote: post #14

You already shouldn't be using GoDaddy, so there's another reason

What's a better one? I've been using Google Domains, I don't really have a reason to complain about them, but I've always wondered whether parking everything with a big corporation like that will have its drawbacks one day.

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