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As an example: shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine, Namecheap cancelled all accounts of all of its customers who were located in Russia. This was done regardle
by margalabargala 5y ago
As an example: shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine, Namecheap cancelled all accounts of all of its customers who were located in Russia. This was done regardless of what content if any was hosted by the account, whether or not the person in question supported the war, or whether the person in question was actively fleeing Russia and may have been relying on technical infrastructure they had previously set up to help them do so.
Just because a service you sign up for is not contentful, does not mean that they won't choose to boot you off for some reason completely unrelated to anything you control or anything you chose to do.
- woodruffw 5y agoThis is a strange example to pick given that (1) it's a war, and (2) a significant percentage (majority?) of Namecheap's employees and offices are in Ukraine. If we (the US) decided to invade Canada tomorrow, you can be certain that the maple syrup would stop flowing. Edit: According to their website[1], the overwhelming majority of their employees are in Ukraine. Two of the three cities they have offices in are on the current combat front. [1]: https://www.namecheap.com/careers/ukraine https://www.namecheap.com/careers/ukraine
- klabb3 5y agoI don't think parent is saying it's unexpected, but rather that having a third-party identity provider (especially a corporation) is an unwarrented and/or unwanted political dependency. I deeply empathize with this sentiment but also recognize why many companies choose to rely on them (identity is very difficult).