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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 grishka »

alisonkisk wrote: post #123
grishka wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

It's also not their job to know what I'm using to view their website. If my browser misrenders the page, that's on me. There are zero reasons to put such checks in place and lock people out for sending a "wrong" user-agent string.

Re: GoDaddy locks out derivatives of Chrome

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Post by davegauer »

_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.

Haven't had any issues with name.com since switching to them in 2018. Their interface leans form-over-function for my taste (massive waste of screen real estate), but I can always muddle through to the DNS record editing interface in less than 30 seconds, which is all that matters to me.

Re: GoDaddy locks out derivatives of Chrome

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Post by samatman »

dessant wrote: post #104
pluc wrote: 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...

I wish that commenters on the Internet generally, and HN in particular, would lay off "murder and jaywalking" arguments.

If Gandi advertised with lewds, well. People would complain and they would probably stop.

The "scummy actions and questionable security practices" are both necessary and sufficient to persuade the informed reader not to patronize their services. Bringing in additional minor peccadillos weakens the argument by bringing out everyone who likes tits in ads.

No one likes the kind of bad behavior GoDaddy is known for.

This comment might seem a bit out-of-place if you don't happen to use showdead.

Re: GoDaddy locks out derivatives of Chrome

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Post by aaaaaaaaata »

aliqot wrote: post #136
newbieuser wrote: post #125

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Ive had the COO call me personally on a sunday before to iron stuff out. That's not true.

How many domains do you have with them/what's your monthly spend? I suspect this varies wildly.

Re: GoDaddy locks out derivatives of Chrome

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Post by aaaaaaaaata »

abirch wrote: post #10
andybak wrote: post #4

"Your browser is a bit unusual". Why, yes. Thank you for noticing. That is entirely intentional. Welcome to the web.

Too bad there's not a chance to respond, "I assume all responsibility for my unusual browser." I remember having to change the user agent string in Konqueror

Easy version of this is a FIDO2 hardware key.

Re: GoDaddy locks out derivatives of Chrome

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Post by aaaaaaaaata »

henearkr wrote: post #89

Recently in GoDaddy, I've also had the "the 2-factor authentication key failed, try to insert it again" when I wanted to change important settings like the automatic renewal or the domain lock. The point is, I used the same 2FA key to log into my account, so I know it works. As a result I was compelled to do the intended actions through the phone by calling their support. Has anybody got the same problem? Are they tr…

If they get you on the phone, they can tag you as a mark and upsell you.

Re: GoDaddy locks out derivatives of Chrome

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Post by sjtindell »

samatman wrote: post #143
dessant wrote: post #104

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...

I wish that commenters on the Internet generally, and HN in particular, would lay off "murder and jaywalking" arguments. If Gandi advertised with lewds, well. People would complain and they would probably stop. The "scummy actions and questionable security practices" are both necessary and sufficient to persuade the informed reader not to patronize their services. Bringing in additional minor peccadillos weakens the…

To me, using women to sell a product reeks of a bygone era and a certain mentality we’re working to get away from. I think that alone is a perfectly acceptable reason to think a company sucks and not use their product. Voting for behaviors with your dollars is important.

Re: GoDaddy locks out derivatives of Chrome

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Post by zamadatix »

grishka wrote: post #141
alisonkisk wrote: post #123

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

It's also not their job to know what I'm using to view their website. If my browser misrenders the page, that's on me. There are zero reasons to put such checks in place and lock people out for sending a "wrong" user-agent string.

The error message isn't "you have the wrong user-agent" and the recommended steps aren't "use official Chrome" though. These were all assumptions about the error the OP made other people here have already disproven.

All the error message says is to disable extensions or try a different browser. It doesn't say what went wrong and it certainly doesn't say anything about needing specific user-agents, hell it doesn't even recommend which browser to switch to it just says "try another browser". As someone already mentioned it's not the site's job to figure out how your browser loaded the page wrong just to tell you it did.

Re: GoDaddy locks out derivatives of Chrome

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Post by henearkr »

aaaaaaaaata wrote: post #146
henearkr wrote: post #89

Recently in GoDaddy, I've also had the "the 2-factor authentication key failed, try to insert it again" when I wanted to change important settings like the automatic renewal or the domain lock. The point is, I used the same 2FA key to log into my account, so I know it works. As a result I was compelled to do the intended actions through the phone by calling their support. Has anybody got the same problem? Are they tr…

If they get you on the phone, they can tag you as a mark and upsell you.

That would explain it, indeed...

But that's a pretty dark pattern, isn't it?

Do you happen to have some confirmation that they do it in that intent?

Also, if this is the case, why don't we see more people complaining (here for example)?

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