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Why is this news?! I can't count the number of times this has come up on HN, let alone reddit, let alone random prominent blogs, let alone from other big names

Why is this news?! I can't count the number of times this has come up on HN, let alone reddit, let alone random prominent blogs, let alone from other big names that have had problems with GoDaddy suspending service, locking them out of their control panels and/or siding with law enforcement and acting before asking. Stop using GoDaddy. It's trivial to find other registrars, and not hard to find better ones. (Examples of better registrars: Gandi, name.com) Honestly, not a reassuring way to advertise your new company. There first intro blob admits that they knew this was a risk. "Yeah, we knew people have problems with this, but we were lazy and didn't bother taking the 30 minutes to transfer our domains elsewhere."

pornel 15y ago
> Why is this news?! I can't count the number of times this has come up And yet GoDaddy is still in business and doing great.
- jbhelms 15y ago
  You can't get past the cheapness of some people. $5 a month for hosting is very attractive to someone looking to bootstrap off of savings.
  - drivebyacct2 15y ago
    You can get much better supported, more feature-full (and also more "unlimited" and oversold) hosting for $5 or less from people less scummy and likely to shut off your box or domain than GoDaddy. Seriously, is DNS so hard that typing in the nameservers of your shared hosting provider or DECENT VPS provider is so unthinkable? Or is it registering for a second account? I simply do, not, understand.
- aninteger 15y ago
  Maybe those superbowl commercials really do work.
- drivebyacct2 15y ago
  So? That's not a reason to use it or a reason that they're any less scummy than they are. They have flashy commercial and people use them to save 50cents on a $7 purchase. Quite frankly, it's pathetic that people give them their business. Oh, and if anyone uses GoDaddy for hosting, just leave your username after the beep so I can permanently ignore you.
ckeck 15y ago
It's news because too many 'businesses' are still trying to save a buck by using a hosting provider like GoDaddy. If you are hosting Grandma's blog...sure, use GoDaddy. Other than that, spend a few more dollars for something that won't taint your business some day.
mmahemoff 15y ago
Stopped using it years ago. A little research should prevent people using it in the first place. I know reviews for any host are usually bad on average, but with GoDaddy, there ought to be enough scathing reviews to ward people off in the first place.

pornel 15y ago

> Why is this news?! I can't count the number of times this has come up And yet GoDaddy is still in business and doing great.

jbhelms 15y ago
You can't get past the cheapness of some people. $5 a month for hosting is very attractive to someone looking to bootstrap off of savings.
- drivebyacct2 15y ago
  You can get much better supported, more feature-full (and also more "unlimited" and oversold) hosting for $5 or less from people less scummy and likely to shut off your box or domain than GoDaddy. Seriously, is DNS so hard that typing in the nameservers of your shared hosting provider or DECENT VPS provider is so unthinkable? Or is it registering for a second account? I simply do, not, understand.
aninteger 15y ago
Maybe those superbowl commercials really do work.
drivebyacct2 15y ago
So? That's not a reason to use it or a reason that they're any less scummy than they are. They have flashy commercial and people use them to save 50cents on a $7 purchase. Quite frankly, it's pathetic that people give them their business. Oh, and if anyone uses GoDaddy for hosting, just leave your username after the beep so I can permanently ignore you.

ckeck 15y ago

It's news because too many 'businesses' are still trying to save a buck by using a hosting provider like GoDaddy. If you are hosting Grandma's blog...sure, use GoDaddy. Other than that, spend a few more dollars for something that won't taint your business some day.

mmahemoff 15y ago

Stopped using it years ago. A little research should prevent people using it in the first place. I know reviews for any host are usually bad on average, but with GoDaddy, there ought to be enough scathing reviews to ward people off in the first place.