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> What is the alternative though? > The web has turned in to this massive mess where most of us don't have the ability to do anything without having to rely on
by Nextgrid 4y ago
> What is the alternative though?
> The web has turned in to this massive mess where most of us don't have the ability to do anything without having to rely on some ban happy mega corp.
That's absolutely not true. You're drinking the HN/startup koolaid if you think everything should be on CloudFlare/AWS/Google/Microsoft/etc and there's no other way. Obviously VCs would love for you to think that but it doesn't make it true.
Domain registrars are plentiful. Dedicated server providers are plentiful. Hell, "shared hosting" is still a thing and may be perfectly appropriate if all you need is a static site.
Pick a mid-sized company whose objective is to deliver great service rather than one whose objective is either "growth and engagement" or to monopolize the internet. Ideally pick one within your jurisdiction so that you have more recourse if things go wrong.
- temp8964 4y agoAgree your point. But I think Microsoft doesn’t belong to this group. I never read an auto ban story from Microsoft. And my experience is that you can talk to a human customer service from Microsoft.
- antifa 4y agoI signed up for an email address once, then they locked my account requiring a phone number because of "suspicious activity", where obviously the only suspicious activity was that they didn't have my phone number.
- ryandrake 4y agoThere was just an article on HN 2 days ago[1], with duplicates, about Microsoft opaquely locking Minecraft users out of their accounts, with little in the way of acceptable recourse (give Microsoft your phone number and pray). 1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31551846 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31551846
- ipaddr 4y agoDon't run to another big corp for safety. Go small maybe medium.