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Why the hate for Godaddy? It probably starts with them being on the wrong side of so many issues which are connected to SOPA and abusing their power as an infr
by ohashi 15y ago
Why the hate for Godaddy? It probably starts with them being on the wrong side of so many issues which are connected to SOPA and abusing their power as an infrastructure provider.
Examples:
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070125/102430.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070125/102430.shtml
http://slashdot.org/story/06/06/17/1319233/GoDaddy-Holds-Domains-Hostage http://slashdot.org/story/06/06/17/1319233/GoDaddy-Holds-Dom...
http://www.slyck.com/story1053.html http://www.slyck.com/story1053.html
http://domainnamewire.com/2007/02/27/godaddy-deletes-domain-name-for-inaccurate-email-address/ http://domainnamewire.com/2007/02/27/godaddy-deletes-domain-...
As a registrar they are not supposed to be actively doing anything to their customers. They should be responding to court orders. They take it upon themselves to act as judge and jury quite frequently. Just because they've recanted their position on SOPA doesn't mean the company has turned a corner in the slightest. There is a clear pattern to their behavior and that is one reason why so many people dislike the company.
There are a bunch of other reasons such as their marketing tactics, their former ceo/primary stakeholder's behavior, and their UX to name a few I've seen commonly cited.