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Re:YC W12 startups' hosting decisions by ojiikun on Friday August 24, 2012 @03:28AM (#4426627)
I am floored that so many supposedly top-notch hackers would use GoDaddy. Iff the data are correct, this certainly colours my perception of YC-generation folk.
Re:YC W12 startups' hosting decisions by Udo on Friday August 24, 2012 @05:26AM (#4426877)
Apparently they only use it for DNS stuff though, the number of people using it for actual web hosting seems small.
Re:YC W12 startups' hosting decisions by flyinprogramer on Friday August 24, 2012 @06:11AM (#4426969)
IMO there is no excuse to continue doing business with this company. period.
Re:YC W12 startups' hosting decisions by Negitivefrags on Friday August 24, 2012 @06:26AM (#4426990)
I agree, Go Daddy is a terrible company. They are both morally bankrupt, and their website has a terrible UI.

But.

Changing DNS registrars for a whole bunch of domains could take many hours of screwing around. If you make a mistake you might accidentally bring your site down for some amount of time. Your customers do not care at all either way anyway.

It's all disadvantages with no advantages.

Meanwhile, when you want to register a new domain, if you already have a domain with GoDaddy you may as well just go ahead and register another one on the same account. It's one less account to sign up to and deal with the credentials of, one less entry in your accounting software each year.

So yes, my company still uses GoDaddy.

Re:YC W12 startups' hosting decisions by waterlesscloud on Friday August 24, 2012 @03:31AM (#4426632)
Or it might be a sign of prioritizing the allocation of decision-making energy.