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Re: Itch.io Taken Down by Funko

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Post by input_sh »

em-bee wrote: post #100
input_sh wrote: post #65

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One of my domains on Gandi was up for renewal. I've noticed they charged ~$140, while Namecheap charged ~$35. Easiest transfer decision I've ever made.

wow that's 4 times as expensive!! seems like gandi didn't just multiply the prices but raised them exponentially. beware of namecheap though. see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42364240

I've read my fair share of Namecheap criticisms over the years and remain unconvinced.

I point my nameservers somewhere else and then forget about Namecheap for a year.

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Post by pfoof »

paxys wrote: post #5
bpye wrote: post #4

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 use Namecheap and sadly still Gandi for old domains.

The only issue I experience with Namecheap are included redirects which have something like 90% uptime.

Route53 domains is seriously not needed for anything - just add zone in AWS and point your registrar to new NS.

Re: Itch.io Taken Down by Funko

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Post by edent »

rsynnott wrote: post #246
edent wrote: post #227

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If the page said "Enter your Funko details to unlock…" or "Give us your credit card details to buy exclusive…" Then I think it would be pretty reasonable to ask for it to be taken down. But none of us know what was on that page or whether it was an overreaction.

> But none of us know what was on that page I mean... we do? It is described here; top post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42364033 To be clear, there is no issue with them making a DMCA takedown. This should be made to the operator (ie itch.io). They _did not do this_. Instead they complained to the registrar of phishing/fraud. Registrars, not unreasonably, take complaints of fraud seriously, and many will nu…

No, we know what Itch say was on there.

You and I have know knowledge of what was actually on there. Neither of us have seen the complaint nor the page itself.

Re: Itch.io Taken Down by Funko

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Post by tucnak »

trissi1996 wrote: post #210
tucnak wrote: post #116

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Wow, I never knew that to be the case! How would I find a registrar that supports .at LTD? Cloudflare, AWS, Google—neither supports it.

From looking through https://www.nic.at/en/my-at-domain/at-partnerfinder the only one that I knew and did not hear shit about seems to be OVH. Others might be good, but no idea who exactly, many small unknown companies in the list that could be either great or shitty.

Thanks for Porkbun suggestion, I'll keep that in mind; it doesn't support .at but I'm now tempted to move my other domains there. Gandi used to be good, it's a shame what it's become.

Re: Itch.io Taken Down by Funko

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Post by Nullabillity »

fallingknife wrote: post #212
kaoD wrote: post #155

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> I'm glad the founders got their exit I'm not. I mean, I am happy for them but this concept of growing a business to an exit is not going well for society as a whole (at least the exits that are in my areas of interest, so I assume it extrapolates to all exits). Every single business that gets bought out gets instantly enshittified in one way or another, always to the detriment of the customer. Depending on how entr…

Every time that happens it just makes an opportunity for someone else to start a new competitor

It's absolutely tiresome having to keep up with that rat race for everything. And if that principle actually worked then enshittification wouldn't be profitable to engage in to begin with.

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Post by rsynnott »

edent wrote: post #254
rsynnott wrote: post #246

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> But none of us know what was on that page I mean... we do? It is described here; top post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42364033 To be clear, there is no issue with them making a DMCA takedown. This should be made to the operator (ie itch.io). They _did not do this_. Instead they complained to the registrar of phishing/fraud. Registrars, not unreasonably, take complaints of fraud seriously, and many will nu…

No, we know what Itch say was on there. You and I have know knowledge of what was actually on there. Neither of us have seen the complaint nor the page itself.

... Ah, I see, you're speculating that itch is _lying_ about it? Why would they? Like, what they describe is the sort of thing you'd expect to find on itch.

Occam's razor very much says that they are not lying, and that this is simply a false report by 'AI' spamware.

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Post by xoa »

paxys wrote: post #5
bpye wrote: post #4

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?

easyDNS still seems good for those who want a more old style "full fat" registrar like gandi was? I know some folks I respect who have long used it alongside Route 53. Though they don't appear to support hardware tokens which is a major black mark in my book in 2024.

As well as Gandi, DNSimple was another higher service one I really liked that went crazy on pricing. Agreed the registrar scene nowadays seems like a quite small "do use" list vs a couple of "don't use" :(.

Re: Itch.io Taken Down by Funko

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Post by bondant »

conradfr wrote: post #103
Luker88 wrote: post #84

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Any recommendations for people looking for a strictly European registrar?

Infomaniak Netim

I'm also looking to move my domains out of gandi but stay with a european registrar. Did someone try netim customers' service? They say on their "about us" webpage that the company is still owned by the founders, so I would think the enshittification hasn't started yet. But if some have experiences to share it would be nice.

Re: Itch.io Taken Down by Funko

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Post by egorfine »

rdl wrote: post #250
egorfine wrote: post #168

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> That kyc thingy is icann requirement Is it really? Or just contact info is enough?

The requirement in the contract is nowhere near that specific. Contact info validation is sufficient for almost all registrars. It's possible a given registry has higher standards, or maybe one registrar got some order to be more thorough, but great reason to avoid given this is a commodity and there are actually good alternatives. (I broadly like Tucows and Cloudflare) Namecheap is on my NO NO NO list, along with Go…

Most of my domains are on Namecheap since the times when wikipedia's domains were there. Hopefully, my low-key personal domains are of no interest to anyone...
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