Comment by hereforphone
5 years ago
If they're willing to terminate service for political reasons in this case, who's to say they won't do it in the future for other political reasons? Here begins the slippery slope of Namecheap terminating service to those it deems "wrong".
Been a happy, confident Namecheap user for a long time. Now I'm not so confident.
This is a terrible attempt at slippery slope argumentation. Launching a major land war while pursuing nuclear escalation is a solid cliff above cancel culture.
Are they cancelling service for the government, or individuals who happen to live in Russia?
> individuals who happen to live in Russia?
I am highly sympathetic to the plight of civilians under Putin. Good people in a bad place.
But come on. Crimea was annexed almost a decade ago. The troop build-up was broadcast for months. For several days, international airlines were flying. Unlike in Ukraine, nobody is subjecting Russia’s people to mortal peril. But there is a bare minimum level of culpability that comes with nationality. Being told, with advance notice, that you need to move your domains amply clears that threshold.
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The U.S. killed like 2 million civilians on the Korean peninsula and Japan slaughtered about 200,000 civilians in a major city in China. U.S. and Japanese subscribers to this service should watch out. I should be especially concerned, as a U.S. subscriber living in Japan.
(I am residing in Russia, anti-war, anti-regime and don't have any domains with Namecheap)
Launching a major land war: let's take the Iraq operation for instance. Did any private company cut ties with its US customers over that? I really doubt it. Could an ordinary US citizen realistically do something to prevent the Iraq war? I really doubt it. Have the Iraq war lead to anything good? I don't think so. Death, destruction and ISIS.
I mean... I would be OK if namecheap decides to terminate the service for other countries that threat the world with nuclear bombs. I think that's a whole different level.
But countries that constantly drop non-nuclear bombs on other countries and murder civilians and children are still cool, right? USA only averages 46 strikes per day for the past 20 years. So maybe the cutoff is at 50.
Majority of employees being Ukrainian seems to be a major factor here. Maybe if they were based in Iraq they would have cut off the USA then too.
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I would not be ok with that. Threats of nuclear war should be resolved at the negotiating table. Random private companies voluntarily retaliating only risks making the situation more delicate.
Literally everyone is willing to terminate services for political reasons given the right reasons for their politics. If Russia was invading a city where you or your coworkers were working and your employer decided to stop doing business with them, I think you might be more forgiving
Personally I'd hope that anyone that gets their offices bombed by another nation would stop and think critically about how much they want to support the people trying to literally kill them.
Profit isn't everything.
The problem with the slippery slope fallacy is that it goes both ways. If they're not able to suspend service during a war of conquest on the home of their employees, when can they?
If Australia invades New Zealand I am happy for them to cut me off.
Oh you actually typed the phrase slippery slope too. You're going all in.
Putin going Hitler doesn't seem like a slippery slope, it's surprising they're even able to legally continue business relationships with Russian customers at this point.
I see you've discovered moral relativism.
Oh no! Will somebody please think of the domains?!
/s