Submitted 2 years ago by Gritty@lemmy.ml to privacy@lemmy.ml
I did a quick Lemmy search and didn't find much. Are there any suggested domain registrars that aren't evil? I'm mostly looking for domain name and not hosting right now but won't exclude them. This would be my first domain so I'm new.
I saw njalla, banhof, and 1984 web hosting. Are these good, or any other suggestions?
Not been able to find a good registrar. Gandi is a fake shithole, all the other ones too. I decided if I couldn't get ethical domains I would just get cheap ones, so cloudflare.
Stay tuned for names.sr.ht, they will charge 20$ a year to allow you to register unlimited domains with zero markup, and profit sustainably without data collection from that tiny subscription fee (plus tons of DevOps). They are waving the 20$ a year for people who can't afford it without any questions, and the platform is open source.
NOTE: names.sr.ht has nothing, go directly to sr.ht to learn more about the platform
Re ethical hosting:
I'm impartial to uberspace, so many pluses!
♥️ (Not sponsored, I hope it becomes obvious these are good services when you visit their respective homepages)
Stay tuned for names.sr.ht, they will charge 20$ a year to allow you to register unlimited domains with zero markup, and profit sustainably without data collection from that tiny subscription fee (plus tons of DevOps).
Sounds fake as hell
Thanks for the insight! I'm interested in how sr.ht turns out.
I have experience with all 3 of the above companies and can recommend each as reputable.
Njalla - This is a service which owns a domain legally for you. This means that you are putting trust in them that cannot be reversed.
Banhof - One of the few ISPs in the world to consistently stand up for privacy.
1984hosting - Support the right to be forgotten
Ultimately all modern webhosts offer whois privacy, but look for companies with strong data compliance policies.
What do you mean by "evil"? I use Namesilo, which includes " free" privacy whois and it's overall moderately cheap but I'm unsure if this is what you mean or if they are considered somewhat shady.
I just mean they are trustworthy with my info and aren't difficult to deal with
d1tt0@lemmy.ml 2 years ago
njalla is what i use. i like it since they’re not technically a domain registrar. they are the “middleman” for you.
i’m also a big fan of how they responded to DHL
SrEstegosaurio@lemmy.ml 2 years ago
They response is brutal
d1tt0@lemmy.ml 2 years ago
Brutal. But in a good way.
Gritty@lemmy.ml 2 years ago
I ended up going with njalla. Quite simple and they take crypto. For the record they do offer Dynamic DNS.
Gritty@lemmy.ml 2 years ago
Nice