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GoDaddy locks out derivatives of Chrome

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Re: GoDaddy locks out derivatives of Chrome

#121
Heya, just logged into GoDaddy from Brave without any changes here, and it worked fine for me. This might be for a couple of reasons:

1) Perhaps GoDaddy is running a change on you that they haven't rolled out to me yet.

2) Perhaps I have a somewhat long history on this computer logging in using brave and that is overriding whatever heuristics they are using for 'that connection looks suspicious'. Have you logged into your account in Brave on this computer before? If so, for how long have you done so? In addition, if you turn off some of the brave shield (look at the lion in the URL bar), does the site load? It might be detecting that and using that as the heuristic that doesn't let you in.

3) Perhaps Brave rolled out an update that broke something. Unusual, but happens occasionally. Are you running standard brave on Windows, and if you go to Windows->About Brave is it saying that your browse is fully up to date?

As a note for all the people asking why people use GoDaddy, there are two things generally:

1) Sometimes, you didn't make the decision, and it's a pain in the butt to get things swapped over especially when your bosses are used to GoDaddy.

2) Their phone support is miles better than most of the competition. While sometimes you run into techs who don't help quite as much, sometimes you run into really good ones. This ratio of helpful : not helpful is quite a bit better than the competition. In addition, all of them are pretty understandable over the phone. (By the way, if any of you are looking to compete with companies like these, having good phone support really makes you stand out over the competition - you just have to make sure your support techs manage their support time well)

These things make them more difficult to replace.

Re: GoDaddy locks out derivatives of Chrome

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post #14

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

I still remember how their jerk founder "saved" a village in Zimbabwe from a "problem elephant", and they have basically advertised their business using boobs for years. And that's besides all the scummy actions and questionable security practices of GoDaddy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Parsons#Controversies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_controversies_involvin...

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Re: GoDaddy locks out derivatives of Chrome

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post #47

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The error message linked from the post says "Try disabling ad blockers, enabling JavaScript or using a different web browser".

This feels to me like they used too many abstraction layers to know what the exact error is in the place where the error message is shown.

If you want intentionally misrender the page, that's your right. But it's not their job to debug your setup.

Re: GoDaddy locks out derivatives of Chrome

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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.

i recommend porkbun. namesilo is good. and never use namecheap.

Re: GoDaddy locks out derivatives of Chrome

#125

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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.

namecheap is fine as long as you don't have a problem. but if you have a problem you can be absolutely sure that they will never fix it.

Re: GoDaddy locks out derivatives of Chrome

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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.

Most companies use some other company. The company I use, which is local to where I live because I want the local reliable support, uses Enom. I can't be bothered to get an Enom account so I pay them. Others use resellerclub etc. So instead of going with Godaddy or any of the big names, get a hosting provider with rock solid customer support and service. Either way, you'll probably end up with a domain from Enom but at least you'll have good service from a local provider.

Again, in case most people don't know this, most hosting providers are resellers of the big companies. They all do the same thing and have access to the same stuff. The only difference is that individual company's pricing and service. Pick wisely!

Re: GoDaddy locks out derivatives of Chrome

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This is such a weird comment. Many people use Brave for nothing crypto related. Metamask is just a crypto wallet. I'm a Firefox user and don't use Metamask, but your comment is very iffy.

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Re: GoDaddy locks out derivatives of Chrome

#128
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.

I miss dyn.com. They were my registrar for over a decade before Oracle bought then and made them suck. They were the one registrer where you felt like you were dealing with a professional company, not "Crazy Eddie's discount Domains". When Oracle closed them down, I moved to namecheap, which is pretty good overall.

Re: GoDaddy locks out derivatives of Chrome

#129
post #14

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

I still remember how their jerk founder "saved" a village in Zimbabwe from a "problem elephant", and they have basically advertised their business using boobs for years. And that's besides all the scummy actions and questionable security practices of GoDaddy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Parsons#Controversies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_controversies_involvin...

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Re: GoDaddy locks out derivatives of Chrome

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post #129

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I still remember how their jerk founder "saved" a village in Zimbabwe from a "problem elephant", and they have basically advertised their business using boobs for years. And that's besides all the scummy actions and questionable security practices of GoDaddy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Parsons#Controversies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_controversies_involvin...

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