Comment by nojonestownpls
5 years ago
Alternative services mentioned in this thread (I'm merely collecting them to one place, can't vouch for any of their future neutrality or lack thereof):
* Cloudflare
* Gandi
* Njal.la
* nic.ru (apparently the Russian state-owned registrar)
* "It's time to decentralize." https://ens.domains https://ipfs.io/
* ~~Tucows~~ see below
* Hover.com
Please add any other that you know of that you have reason to believe would remain geopolitically neutral and reliable.
Tucows apparently sent the following to "firms that the company has business ties with". While this doesn't affect customers yet, it does increase the likelihood that they'll place restrictions on customers too in the (near) future.
> We are asking you, and all of our professionals, about your firm’s policy regarding Russian clients, particularly those associated in any way with the current regime. As we imagine you know, most major Russian businesses are either directly or indirectly controlled or associated with the Russian regime.
> As you also likely know, the funds these companies and their principals, let’s just call them oligarchs, siphon off of these businesses are essentially laundered with the active support of major law firms, banks and accounting firms.
> We do not expect you to respond with a firm policy immediately BUT we do expect you to confirm in writing that you have shared this request with your superiors in a way that will most effectively lead to action and we expect you to manage our expectations as to when we may know of your firm’s position.