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For the same reason I can't just renew a domain at Network Solutions without going through eight different pages trying to upsell me things (and often defaultin

For the same reason I can't just renew a domain at Network Solutions without going through eight different pages trying to upsell me things (and often defaulting to checking on those services). Expedia, Orbitz, etc make money via nag screens and upsells. They have no incentive to make the experience positive or easy. Google seems to.

dheera 12y ago
I switched to Namecheap; they sell stuff but are not annoying about it. Google Domains also looks promising but I'm waiting for them to not be in beta lest they decide to scrap the product. Google would win me over if they offered free SSL certificates. In fact I think they should go ahead and disrupt the SSL industry by doing that too. Nobody should have to pay for a silly cryptographic signature. That would disrupt NS and all the others who try to upsell stuff.
- nadams 12y ago
  > ...free SSL certificates. In fact I think they should go ahead and disrupt the SSL industry StartSSL already offers free SSL certificates - and they haven't disrupted the industry. Even if Google started offering free SSL certificates - it's only a band-aid to the problem not a solution.
  - isthisforme 12y ago
    Have you tried using StartSSL?? (a) They aren't free if you are doing anything 'commercial' (b) I decided to try and give them my money. I tried very hard. I gave up. After uploading your documents 30 times, them claiming they didn't get them, you would too. Oh, and uploading them each time was pretty painful.
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- mason240 12y ago
  Google's new service is even better.
- teddyh 12y ago
  > […] if they offered free SSL certificates. In fact I think they should go ahead and disrupt the SSL industry by doing that too. Nobody should have to pay for a silly cryptographic signature. Mozilla is doing this very soon: see https://letsencrypt.org/ https://letsencrypt.org/
nadams 12y ago
I've switched from 1&1 to gandi.net - and while they are a little more expensive it's been pretty smooth. Also they support TOTP which is a huge awesome in my book (I used TOTP with facebook, Microsoft account, google, source code committing etc). I'm convinced that for every DNS related change at 1&1 - there is a guy that manually makes the change.

dheera 12y ago

I switched to Namecheap; they sell stuff but are not annoying about it. Google Domains also looks promising but I'm waiting for them to not be in beta lest they decide to scrap the product. Google would win me over if they offered free SSL certificates. In fact I think they should go ahead and disrupt the SSL industry by doing that too. Nobody should have to pay for a silly cryptographic signature. That would disrupt NS and all the others who try to upsell stuff.

nadams 12y ago
> ...free SSL certificates. In fact I think they should go ahead and disrupt the SSL industry StartSSL already offers free SSL certificates - and they haven't disrupted the industry. Even if Google started offering free SSL certificates - it's only a band-aid to the problem not a solution.
- isthisforme 12y ago
  Have you tried using StartSSL?? (a) They aren't free if you are doing anything 'commercial' (b) I decided to try and give them my money. I tried very hard. I gave up. After uploading your documents 30 times, them claiming they didn't get them, you would too. Oh, and uploading them each time was pretty painful.
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mason240 12y ago
Google's new service is even better.
teddyh 12y ago
> […] if they offered free SSL certificates. In fact I think they should go ahead and disrupt the SSL industry by doing that too. Nobody should have to pay for a silly cryptographic signature. Mozilla is doing this very soon: see https://letsencrypt.org/ https://letsencrypt.org/

nadams 12y ago

I've switched from 1&1 to gandi.net - and while they are a little more expensive it's been pretty smooth. Also they support TOTP which is a huge awesome in my book (I used TOTP with facebook, Microsoft account, google, source code committing etc). I'm convinced that for every DNS related change at 1&1 - there is a guy that manually makes the change.