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I prefer my domain name registrar to be neutral instead of political, thanks. What's next, bash refusing to run if your locale is ru-RU?



There's no "neutral" here, just different flavors of political. Indifference to and support of a war of aggression are both legitimate political positions. But they are unavoidably political positions.

At this point, there are 5000+ dead Ukrainian civilians. If at this point you are more concerned about Russian citizens buying domains names from one vendor than you are about Ukrainian civilians getting blown up, that's in no way a neutral position. Similarly, you and Namecheap both have freedom of association. Their using it to enhance sanctions against Russia is exactly as political as you using it to boycott them for their choice.


They have 1700 employees in Ukraine (https://www.namecheap.com/careers/ukraine/) maybe you would feel differently if your country was invaded.




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