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Lookup the recent Hacker News history about Namecheap. It turned out that they are mostly a Ukrainian company, and when the war started the CEO decided to term
by srg0 4y ago
Lookup the recent Hacker News history about Namecheap.
It turned out that they are mostly a Ukrainian company, and when the war started the CEO decided to terminate “services to users registered in Russia” with only four work days notice.
I don’t know if any customer account was actually suspended. I also don’t know what “registered in Russia” means, is it nationality, residency, billing address, customer’s IP address or the A record. Some EU clients also received this letter.
I can relate emotionally. But this way to address existing customers, which have paid for their services, is whimsy and unprofessional. I also think that discrimination based on region or nationality is unnecessary broad. It certainly didn’t stop Putin.
Just to be clear, I believe Ukraine needs and deserves all kind of support to win this war.