He's arguing practicality over principals. Suppose he switched to Namecheap and makes a third of his current revenue. Because of this change, the site operate

He's arguing practicality over principals. Suppose he switched to Namecheap and makes a third of his current revenue. Because of this change, the site operates at a loss and he is eventually forced to shutdown the service. Which would you prefer? His site no longer being around, or be slightly inconvenienced by changing the default provider via a dropdown box?