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Godaddy does not allow logins from Firefox and Linux

41 points by callamdelaney 4y ago

callamdelaney 4y ago
Even from the company regarded as the worst domain registrar available, this is shitty. Edit: The same thing is happening with chromium.
jzb 4y ago
I logged into Godaddy with Firefox on Fedora yesterday with no issue. Maybe it’s a glitch? If it’s deliberate it’s a very new issue, or at least something I haven’t encountered. Maybe it’s an extension or something?
- callamdelaney 4y ago
  Hey thanks for the tips. I've been unable to login for at least a week from this system - I tried in private mode too (no password extension) and the same thing happened. I have also tried chromium (no plugins).
winrid 4y ago
I've noticed sometimes godaddy.com won't load, but www.godaddy.com does lol
- fpanzer 4y ago
  Maybe they need somebody who can help them with this "webhosting" thing
superkuh 4y ago
Explicitly not allowing logins from megacorp browsers is at least a deliberate choice. What's worse are all the websites out there that do not allow login or use because they paid web devs who chose to use features which only exist in megacorp browsers. This is so common it's almost the status quo now. At least a website just refusing intentionally is a nice change of pace and you know where you stand.
- TobyTheDog123 4y ago
  What features/browsers are you talking about specifically? On one hand, you cannot expect any developer to support a browser that is completely unheard of to them, or expect codebases to freeze because something doesn't work on some certain ancient Opera Mini version. Developers serve business goals, which are tied to user goals. If a single user is using some super niche browser with a custom home-brewed rendering engine, then I don't feel bad about not supporting it - not at all. On the other hand, if you're talking about something like WebNotifications on IE11 or a certain browser API on a B-list browser, then there should certainly be some graceful fallback instead of the entire site being unusable.
  - klabb3 4y ago
    > support a browser The point is you really don’t need to anymore. The IE6 days are long gone, thankfully. It’s very rare that something non-essential breaks if you just follow the standards. At worst you tend to get a semi-broken layout issues, but still functional. > if you're talking about something like WebNotifications on IE11 or a certain browser API on a B-list browser, then there should certainly be some graceful fallback These sites need to have fallbacks for those types of specializations anyway, since there’s enough variation even among the popular platforms/browsers/last few versions. Anyway, I don’t think we’re disagreeing at all. Just wanted to mention for those that aren’t doing frontend today that this kind of browser support issues is almost always a result of blatant disregard for best practices – like user agent gating – or user hostile behavior like ad-tech fingerprinting.
    - criddell 4y ago
      > if you just follow the standards There are standards and then there are de facto standards. Sadly, it looks like Chromium is well on its way to being the latter. As soon as Apple is forced to allow alternate browsers on iOS it’s only a matter of time before the takeover is complete.
jeroenhd 4y ago
I've had the same issue with Twitch. I think something in some kind of bot detection framework changed, or some Firefox update broke the weird assumptions bot detection frameworks make. Either way, these websites need to fix their login system.
- callamdelaney 4y ago
  Yeah I think something somewhere is saying 'damn, that's a suspect User Agent, must be a bot'.. like really?
- criddell 4y ago
  Could this be an intentional decision? Or maybe the cost to test on alternative browsers and operating systems is greater than the revenue lost by not properly supporting Firefox & Linux?
  - 93po 4y ago
    It's likely intentional as I am sure Google will try again to change manifest v4 to disallow the functionality that makes adblockers work, in the way they tried with v3 before massive pushback.
  - adra 4y ago
    Twitch wasn't allowing me to login using Firefox in windows either. The site was totally fine not logged in, so who the f knows what the screw up is there. I'll add to the pile of WTF seems to be happening with twitch these days. It's a service ripe for disruption, so please someone make a compelling alt.
- jdthedisciple 4y ago
  Twitch login works fine for me on Firefox. Can you elaborate?
  - finnthehuman 4y ago
    Last week (week before?) I had a few days I couldn't login from firefox. They said to update your browser, and that firefox was a supported browser, but I was on the latest firefox. Works now though.
shmde 4y ago
gofuckyourselfgodaddy.com and fuckyougodaddy.com redirects to GoDaddy.com Strange.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 4y ago
  Not at all. It is very common for businesses to buy up domains like this and redirect them to themselves so other people can't use them.
jeff_vader 4y ago
Somewhat related: WizzAir adds £10-£20 "system surcharge" if you're buying tickets from Firefox and Linux. Or use ad blocker.
- expertentipp 4y ago
  C'mon they're public company and also EU based. How are they getting away with this?!
  - qwytw 4y ago
    The thing about Godaddy is false so this is not unlikely to also be false. I did just check it using multiple browsers and different IPs and the prices are the same. So they are probably not getting away with this...
gerdesj 4y ago
I've just logged into my corp Godaddy account using Firefox on Arch (actually). I'm not hiding my user agent. I haven't used Windows for over 15 years. I suspect that a lack of Javascript is the culprit, as mentioned in the error report.
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- callamdelaney 4y ago
  Javascript is not disabled on any of my browsers. I am not using a vpn or proxy. I have tried multiple browsers. I have tried with and without extensions. I suspect their stupid popup wouldn’t have even shown if JS was disabled.
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expertentipp 4y ago
Add zalando to the list, for well over a month now throwing error in FF on Linux. Experienced folks got priced out, Angular/React devs use only chrome.
fpanzer 4y ago
Why would anyone use a frontrunning registrar?
crsyc 4y ago
Start using gogetssl.

41 points by callamdelaney 4y ago

Even from the company regarded as the worst domain registrar available, this is shitty. Edit: The same thing is happening with chromium.

jzb 4y ago

I logged into Godaddy with Firefox on Fedora yesterday with no issue. Maybe it’s a glitch? If it’s deliberate it’s a very new issue, or at least something I haven’t encountered. Maybe it’s an extension or something?

callamdelaney 4y ago
Hey thanks for the tips. I've been unable to login for at least a week from this system - I tried in private mode too (no password extension) and the same thing happened. I have also tried chromium (no plugins).

winrid 4y ago

I've noticed sometimes godaddy.com won't load, but www.godaddy.com does lol

fpanzer 4y ago
Maybe they need somebody who can help them with this "webhosting" thing

superkuh 4y ago

Explicitly not allowing logins from megacorp browsers is at least a deliberate choice. What's worse are all the websites out there that do not allow login or use because they paid web devs who chose to use features which only exist in megacorp browsers. This is so common it's almost the status quo now. At least a website just refusing intentionally is a nice change of pace and you know where you stand.

TobyTheDog123 4y ago
What features/browsers are you talking about specifically? On one hand, you cannot expect any developer to support a browser that is completely unheard of to them, or expect codebases to freeze because something doesn't work on some certain ancient Opera Mini version. Developers serve business goals, which are tied to user goals. If a single user is using some super niche browser with a custom home-brewed rendering engine, then I don't feel bad about not supporting it - not at all. On the other hand, if you're talking about something like WebNotifications on IE11 or a certain browser API on a B-list browser, then there should certainly be some graceful fallback instead of the entire site being unusable.
- klabb3 4y ago
  > support a browser The point is you really don’t need to anymore. The IE6 days are long gone, thankfully. It’s very rare that something non-essential breaks if you just follow the standards. At worst you tend to get a semi-broken layout issues, but still functional. > if you're talking about something like WebNotifications on IE11 or a certain browser API on a B-list browser, then there should certainly be some graceful fallback These sites need to have fallbacks for those types of specializations anyway, since there’s enough variation even among the popular platforms/browsers/last few versions. Anyway, I don’t think we’re disagreeing at all. Just wanted to mention for those that aren’t doing frontend today that this kind of browser support issues is almost always a result of blatant disregard for best practices – like user agent gating – or user hostile behavior like ad-tech fingerprinting.
  - criddell 4y ago
    > if you just follow the standards There are standards and then there are de facto standards. Sadly, it looks like Chromium is well on its way to being the latter. As soon as Apple is forced to allow alternate browsers on iOS it’s only a matter of time before the takeover is complete.

jeroenhd 4y ago

I've had the same issue with Twitch. I think something in some kind of bot detection framework changed, or some Firefox update broke the weird assumptions bot detection frameworks make. Either way, these websites need to fix their login system.

callamdelaney 4y ago
Yeah I think something somewhere is saying 'damn, that's a suspect User Agent, must be a bot'.. like really?
criddell 4y ago
Could this be an intentional decision? Or maybe the cost to test on alternative browsers and operating systems is greater than the revenue lost by not properly supporting Firefox & Linux?
- 93po 4y ago
  It's likely intentional as I am sure Google will try again to change manifest v4 to disallow the functionality that makes adblockers work, in the way they tried with v3 before massive pushback.
- adra 4y ago
  Twitch wasn't allowing me to login using Firefox in windows either. The site was totally fine not logged in, so who the f knows what the screw up is there. I'll add to the pile of WTF seems to be happening with twitch these days. It's a service ripe for disruption, so please someone make a compelling alt.
jdthedisciple 4y ago
Twitch login works fine for me on Firefox. Can you elaborate?
- finnthehuman 4y ago
  Last week (week before?) I had a few days I couldn't login from firefox. They said to update your browser, and that firefox was a supported browser, but I was on the latest firefox. Works now though.

shmde 4y ago

gofuckyourselfgodaddy.com and fuckyougodaddy.com redirects to GoDaddy.com Strange.

AnIdiotOnTheNet 4y ago
Not at all. It is very common for businesses to buy up domains like this and redirect them to themselves so other people can't use them.

jeff_vader 4y ago

Somewhat related: WizzAir adds £10-£20 "system surcharge" if you're buying tickets from Firefox and Linux. Or use ad blocker.

expertentipp 4y ago
C'mon they're public company and also EU based. How are they getting away with this?!
- qwytw 4y ago
  The thing about Godaddy is false so this is not unlikely to also be false. I did just check it using multiple browsers and different IPs and the prices are the same. So they are probably not getting away with this...

gerdesj 4y ago

I've just logged into my corp Godaddy account using Firefox on Arch (actually). I'm not hiding my user agent. I haven't used Windows for over 15 years. I suspect that a lack of Javascript is the culprit, as mentioned in the error report.

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callamdelaney 4y ago
Javascript is not disabled on any of my browsers. I am not using a vpn or proxy. I have tried multiple browsers. I have tried with and without extensions. I suspect their stupid popup wouldn’t have even shown if JS was disabled.

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expertentipp 4y ago

Add zalando to the list, for well over a month now throwing error in FF on Linux. Experienced folks got priced out, Angular/React devs use only chrome.

fpanzer 4y ago

Why would anyone use a frontrunning registrar?

crsyc 4y ago

Start using gogetssl.