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They're a pretty terrible registrar/host but their marketing is fantastically good. Every non-tech business owner I've met uses them. It makes me kind of sad.
I don't get disappointed at neophytes using GoDaddy. People who know better though should know better. Nobody on here should be using GoDaddy.
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Like most things it's not as simple as that. I'm a long-in-the-tooth web guy (30+ years doing this stuff) and for Legacy Reasons I use GD. I wish I didn't, but all my domains (and all my client domains) are with them. Yes I could unpick, but do I have time / inclination? No. Do I want multiple domain registrars? No. So - yeh, agree in principle, disagree in practice.
That's fine, you just have to admit you're supporting an incredibly slimy business. That's okay, many of us do/have done that even when we don't want to, but at least you gotta tell others to offset your GoDaddy use. Two people swayed away from using it by your opinion should just about do it!
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I don't get disappointed at neophytes using GoDaddy. People who know better though should know better. Nobody on here should be using GoDaddy.
Like most things it's not as simple as that. I'm a long-in-the-tooth web guy (30+ years doing this stuff) and for Legacy Reasons I use GD. I wish I didn't, but all my domains (and all my client domains) are with them. Yes I could unpick, but do I have time / inclination? No. Do I want multiple domain registrars? No. So - yeh, agree in principle, disagree in practice.
Sure, it’s Tucows, but it’s not GD.
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You would do that rather than change domain provider?
Faking the User-Agent usually involves changing one configuration value in your browser. Changing your domain provider usually involves finding a new provider, evaluating it, setting up payments, moving a bunch of records and so on. I know what I'd do unless I was already planning on changing my domain management.
The downside is that in the long run, you’re signalling to a consumer-hostile business that you’re happy for them to continue to be hostile towards you.
When dealing with duopolies, pragmatic solutions are all there are. When dealing with highly competitive marketplaces, ‘pragmatism’ and ‘laziness’ can often overlap in both positive and negative ways.
A positive pragmatic lazy solution I found to consolidate all the different registrars I used was to use Hover’s transfer-in concierge service. Of course, this now means giving money to Tucows instead, but they offend me less than GD.
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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.
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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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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.