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Re:Namecheap is buying and holding onto domains you're inter... by CameronNemo on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @03:50PM (#35346834)
Because, unfortunately, this is where we are at. We can't trust registrars to act in good faith. Lots of people have assumed that Namecheap was above the fray, but that assumption can easily be false. With competition from cloud providers who offer domains at wholesale prices, and free DNS as well, Namecheap may be resorting to less than savory tactics to keep themselves alive.
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Re:Namecheap is buying and holding onto domains you're inter... by NamecheapCEO on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @04:41PM (#35347517)
Absolutely not, we don't front run domains, never have and never will.
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Re:Namecheap is buying and holding onto domains you're inter... by CameronNemo on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @05:42PM (#35348335)
Is there any way you can show that? Like some kind of audit that verifies all the domains you register are associated with real customers somehow? I really want to trust you and your team, and have never experienced front-running while using your service, and I realize it is hard to prove you are not doing something, but I have to think that some kind of technical/audit-trail solution would be a lot more effective than replying on various social media posts.
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Re:Namecheap is buying and holding onto domains you're inter... by NamecheapCEO on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @02:17AM (#35353315)
As you can see, the original poster deleted his original claim on reddit. No one has ever provided a single shred of evidence that this is actually a thing.
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