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New comment by fmcoder in "Hetzner is terminating contracts with all users who had a Russian postal address"

fmcoder — Sat, 09 Dec 2023 16:05:28 +0000

This doesn't seem to be the case. I registered my Hetzner account while living in Russia, and in 2022 I emigrated, and updated address - I did not get any termination letter. Looks like they are banning only those who presently live in Russia - not everybody who ever lived there.

New comment by fmcoder in "Hetzner is terminating contracts with all users who had a Russian postal address"

fmcoder — Sat, 09 Dec 2023 16:02:38 +0000

> Actions have consquences

Actions performed by one set of people (government). Consequences are for average Russians, who don't have any say. Those who "actioned" did not face any consequences still, and I don't think they will.

Almost 2 years passed since invasion, EU still buys resources from Russia. Children of Russian politics still live and study abroad, EU and US included. But average Russians, yes, they faced a lot.

New comment by fmcoder in "Tell HN: If You Are in Russia"

fmcoder — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 18:12:29 +0000

Have tried it with my parents, unfortunately, they eat all this crap from Putin's TV. People who are brainwashed can't really be talked into reason. Politics start and end wars, but a person can break ties with his family irreversible because of those in-family political discussions.

New comment by fmcoder in "Namecheap: Russia Service Termination"

fmcoder — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 22:07:37 +0000

I don't. I just don't see a logic in this. Our government and Russian people are different realities. We just happen to reside on the same territory. It's easy to say sitting on your couch "why don't you protest" or "why didn't you flee the country" when it's not you who has to do it.

New comment by fmcoder in "Namecheap: Russia Service Termination"

fmcoder — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 21:49:06 +0000

Yup, it's actually making things harder for us to move away from Russia. One more thing to deal with. And this NameCheap's decision didn't hurt Putin even a tiny bit.

New comment by fmcoder in "Namecheap: Russia Service Termination"

fmcoder — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 21:44:55 +0000

I'm moving our of Russia with my family. I was glad that my business was already outside of it. Now this domain stuff just added up to a pile of problems I must solve.

And the effect is negative - I moved domains out of NameCheap to Russia simply because any other US or EU based registrar can do the same crazy thing and are not trusted.

So Putin's regime actually got more money out of this.

New comment by fmcoder in "Namecheap: Russia Service Termination"

fmcoder — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 21:27:27 +0000

Namecheap sent this email to Russian customers.

New comment by fmcoder in "Namecheap: Russia Service Termination"

fmcoder — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 20:57:12 +0000

Isn't it a discrimination based on nationality? We're a small company in Russia and things are already hard for us. And now this. We do not support Putin or his war, why hit on us?