Comment by femiagbabiaka
5 years ago
I have to wonder what the bar for this sort of severe action is considering that so many companies seem to be taking these steps. If it is "country invades another country" or "human rights abuse happening perpetrated by $COUNTRY" then I think there's a long list of regimes that need to be added to the will not serve list.
Namecheap is to a large extent a Ukrainian company, so there's not a lot of inconsistency here, nor much threat for setting a precedent. (If country A invades country B, residents of country A can expect difficult circumstances doing business with vendors in country B.)
Interesting I didn’t know. It’s odd, Namecheap is registered in Arizona. Does employing a lot of people from a country make a company effectively from that country? A lot of companies employed large numbers of people in Hong Kong, particularly in the financial services and tech industries. Many of them still do business there today. I guess it depends. Nevertheless it’s probably a good idea for us all to reconsider where we do business based on the geopolitical moves our home countries make.
I for one welcome this kind of development and hope to see more of it. Corporations shouldn't just be held to the standard of how much profit can they make. It's crazy to me that there's a whole separate "B corp" designation when in my mind we should have a by-default expectation that organizations consider their impact on social & environmental issues.
Shouldn't they be held to the standard of providing you with the services you paid for? What you're hoping to see more of changes with the wind, and all of the things that trigger cancellation may not be disclosed when you sign up and agree to rely on the provider, or you may not be aware.
Only few countries or regimes threaten to use nuclear weapons when trying to be stopped. I think Russia is on another level here.