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There are many domain registrars out there, and most are better than GoDaddy. Try buying the domain from Google Domains or Namecheap, though it sounds like GoDa
by gymbeaux 3y ago
There are many domain registrars out there, and most are better than GoDaddy. Try buying the domain from Google Domains or Namecheap, though it sounds like GoDaddy “bought” it and is trying to get you to pay $2000 for it, so you probably can’t get the domain from another registrar. Malicious or not, this is par for the course for GoDaddy.
- orbz 3y agoSadly Google domains has been sold off to SquareSpace so depending on your thoughts about then you may want to consider elsewhere.
- howenterprisey 3y agoPorkbun ride or die.
- NicoJuicy 3y agoCloudflare sells domains at bulk price
- CommitSyn 3y agoBy "sells domains at bulk price" do you mean they sell them to you, the customer, at the wholesale price they buy them from the registry?
- mgillett54 3y agoYes > Cloudflare Registrar will only ever charge you what we pay to the registry for your domain. No markup and no surprise fees. https://www.cloudflare.com/products/registrar/ https://www.cloudflare.com/products/registrar/
- schemescape 3y agoNote that you have to use their name servers. Or at least that’s what I read somewhere on HN.
- gorlilla 3y agoCustom/Vanity nameservers are currently business/enterprise accounts only AFAIK.
- stevenicr 3y agobut Cloudlfare isn't really selling the domains- they are essentially registering them and leasing to you.. with the ability and will to backtrack on that. and cloudlfare is no longer the free speech champion they were many moons ago - in fact they have become a 'turn off the speech of those who concern them or others' kind of place. Using their services is contributing to a less open internet.
- natpalmer1776 3y agoDo you have any additional information on the first claim you made? I transferred my domain from google domains to cloudflare and this sounds quite concerning to me.
- stevenicr 3y agoThey did a 180 in 2019 - DDG search 'Terminating Service for 8Chan' and 'Blocking Kiwifarms'
- NicoJuicy 3y agoThat's not a 180, but a business decision when going live on stock exchange. Still doing that would be somewhat controversial and would be a liability for the stock ( + give a wrong impression for normal investors = not in IT)
- stevenicr 3y ago"but a business decision when going live on stock exchange." - I agree - and ain't nothin' wrong with that - be a sell out, and get that paper, lots of it! But it IS a 180 - at least for those of us who watched the early days of cloudlfare, and how they really championed the whole free speech / we are dumb pipe / we don't block things.. way of pushing back on people and org's who demanded they block and censor things.. a lot of people gave massive goodwill to the brand, and were unaware of the changes (see the other comments here where many here were still under the impression they provided services to these and other sorts of things) I agree it could be a liability for the stock - sure - so let's just be honest about what they are now - a semi-censor machine, not too different from godaddy - who also became a slave to wall st and those who use it to push agendas - godaddy is no longer the company that Bob (and many other OGs) created, and Cloudflare is no longer the thing it was. Supporting either of these places today is supporting the censoring of the web by a few, and with consolidated power at this point as well. If you own stock in it, then I'm sure you'd like it that way - and I don't blame you if you are on that side of the glass.
- JuanPosadas 3y agoNamecheap sent me NFT bullshit in a newsletter, I'd use porkbun or cloudflare if you use cloudflare.