[jchiu1106]

This is a terrible move. Virtue signaling at it's worst. Putin literally gives p 0 f'ck about namecheap. It doesn't do squat to him but meanwhile you're hurting regular Russian users for something they have no control over. Do you think they will be pressuring Putin to stop the war bc they can't use namecheap anymore? They will likely to be more mad at the west. Lastly, doing this is just going to increase the segregation of the internet even more which goes completely against the original intention of the internet.

[dymk]

Virtue signaling is yelling about your virtues without actually getting off your ass and doing something.

This is very different, this is the company sacrificing some of their business to take a moral stance against a fascist regime invading a neighboring sovereign.

[throwaway5848]

I don't care about this war, and all I get from this is that this domain registrar could block me with no notice for an abitrary reason. They (Namecheap) can do whatever they want, but I'll be actively working to deter people from using it.

[sidibe]

You're the second person who I've seen admit "I don't care about this war" in these comments. Anticipating a whataboutism, yeah I might not pay attention as much to ones that aren't on the news as much but it literally doesn't take a minute to have a little empathy and if you can't muster that up having any tact at all no one should say that they don't care, just seems pathetic. Good call on using throwaway though

[bombcar]

They always could (and in the past they have to individuals). Any provider can, but at least now we know one that for certain will.

[throwaway5848]

Exactly, thank you for pointing that out.

[Seattle3503]

This is far from arbitrary.

[JonathanFly]

>This is a terrible move. Virtue signaling at it's worst.

The majority of Namecheap's employees live in Ukraine.