Is it time to change registrars already? I fled Gandi a while ago because of private equity fuckery. And now I need to go somewhere else. Who won't adopt enshitification-as-a-business-plan for a few years?

No wonder people are leaving tech to go be goat farmers.

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NetOpWibby 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Gandi got EXPENSIVE which is unfortunate because they often had TLDs no one else had first. I'm still with them for a single domain. Once Cloudflare supports .se, I'm outta there!

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js2 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> Who won't adopt enshitification-as-a-business-plan for a few years?

I don't have a crystal ball, but NearlyFreeSpeech was recommended to me in 2010 and I've been using it since 2012. I don't think it's changed at all in that time.

https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/services/domains

https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/services/respect

	▲	acidburnNSA 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Their FAQ says they use Public Domain Registry to actually buy the domains. They are a wholly owned subsidiary of The Endurance International Group, who is owned by Clearlake Capital, a PE firm! So while it may shield you a bit, if you're moving from namecheap just to avoid PE then that may not be the most obvious choice. https://faq.nearlyfreespeech.net/q/difftos https://publicdomainregistry.com/about-us/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clearlake_Capital
	▲	happytoexplain 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I use NFS for hosting, and I agree they are still good. But it's just a matter of time. Always keep moving.

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chrismarlow9 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I am also looking for something that will last for a good while.

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em-bee 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

namecheap has had a mixed reputation for several years now. when i took over responsibility for a domain registered on namecheap the first thing i did was move it off there (to gandi, because that was before gandi was sold) because i heard some problematic stories about namecheap. it baffles me everytime i see namecheap recommended.

	▲	happytoexplain 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Namecheap was one of the popular alternatives to GoDaddy, recommended by techies. That's changed now, but I'm not surprised people haven't all caught up to its new reputation.