I thought this was interesting. Namecheap is a fairly big name in the domain-name registry space. Namecheap has a significant number of people in Ukraine and an office in Kharkiv. Kharkiv is in...
I thought this was interesting. Namecheap is a fairly big name in the domain-name registry space.
I agree with both sides of one of the recurring conversations: It makes sense as a move to withhold the tax revenues, but it also sucks to hurt normal Russians, many of whom at the very least...
I agree with both sides of one of the recurring conversations: It makes sense as a move to withhold the tax revenues, but it also sucks to hurt normal Russians, many of whom at the very least don't support the invasion. It also makes sense to not provide economic or technological services to an enemy state.
I respect the decision, but it's also an easy thing to say almost halfway around the world from where it was made and where it's effects will be felt.
It's honestly just one of those shitty wartime decisions people are faced with with no perfectly right answer, and I have the luxury of being able to consider it as such.
I thought this was interesting. Namecheap is a fairly big name in the domain-name registry space.
Namecheap has a significant number of people in Ukraine and an office in Kharkiv. Kharkiv is in Eastern Ukraine and has been bombed indiscriminately by the Russian military.
I agree with both sides of one of the recurring conversations: It makes sense as a move to withhold the tax revenues, but it also sucks to hurt normal Russians, many of whom at the very least don't support the invasion. It also makes sense to not provide economic or technological services to an enemy state.
I respect the decision, but it's also an easy thing to say almost halfway around the world from where it was made and where it's effects will be felt.
It's honestly just one of those shitty wartime decisions people are faced with with no perfectly right answer, and I have the luxury of being able to consider it as such.