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It seems like the fact they no longer support SOPA doesn't matter: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3396634 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3396634 Go
by Slimy 15y ago
It seems like the fact they no longer support SOPA doesn't matter: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3396634 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3396634
GoDaddy screwed themselves and I'm not what they can do to recover. I don't know if they'll actually lose money over this, but PR-wise they're pretty screwed.
- Karunamon 15y agoYup. They are a tech company that supported the most egregious legislation I've ever seen in my life, and then took a "come at me bro" stance when the outrage machine was building. All they had to do then was spin it slightly differently, and this all likely would have been avoided. Now, as it stands, Godaddy will be forever known to the tech crowd as corporation of hypocrites and liars. The brand is toast.
- untog 15y agoThe GoDaddy brand has been toast in the tech crowd for a long, long time- the women, the elephant incident... they still continued to make money. Sadly, I doubt that will change.
- Joakal 15y agoIf preconceptions of domain users tend to not care about women being sexual objects or animals being shot, then I don't see how GoDaddy will be affected. Now, legislation that means the domain users can have their domains taken from under their feet; you bet any sane domain user is angry, if not at least worried. That said, they do have a lot of issues, exacerbated by limited support and up-selling.
- daniel-cussen 15y agoThey lied about dropping support for SOPA. They haven't made up for any of it, either.