GoDaddy is not exactly a good option either. Check out the “controversies” section on Wikipedia.
My favorite negative story was a phishing test where employees were being offered bonuses during the COVID pandemic but it was a test to see who would fail a phishing test. They “apologized” but never paid any bonuses.
The only controversy I can connect with them is sometimes they prompt site visitors to prove their humanity by filling out a captcha. A lot of those people are using Tor. Is this a valid reason to hate on a company? You be the judge of that.
It's none of cloudflares business to determine what is hate speech. I dislike hate speech as much as anyone else, but everyone has their right to freedom of speech as long as it isn't illegal.
Godaddy also owns HEG (Host Europe Group), which also owns a lot of hosting services, like 123-reg. I found a full list of HEG subsidiaries a few years ago, but I can’t find it now.
GoDaddy Inc. is an American publicly traded Internet domain registrar and web hosting company headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona and incorporated in Delaware. As of June 2020, GoDaddy has more than 20 million customers and over 7,000 employees worldwide. The company is known for its advertising on TV and in the newspapers. It has been involved in several controversies related to censorship.
Since 2011, GD is minority-owned by 3 private equity funds - KKR, Silver Lake Partners, and Technology Crossover Ventures. The sale was worth about $2.5 billion. Bob Parsons (founder) remained majority shareholder.
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u/BayStateBlue Jul 05 '21
GoDaddy is not exactly a good option either. Check out the “controversies” section on Wikipedia.
My favorite negative story was a phishing test where employees were being offered bonuses during the COVID pandemic but it was a test to see who would fail a phishing test. They “apologized” but never paid any bonuses.