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I want to get some domains for selfhosted stuff, but I'd like to use a registrar that I won't regret doing business with later, both in terms of ethics and potential customer service stuff. Who do y'all like most?

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[–] folekaule@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I have one of my domains on Cloudflare and was thinking of moving the rest of them there. What makes it harder to move name servers away from Cloudflare than other places?

[–] jonathan@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

Your registrar (the place you buy your domains) is where you update your nameservers. If Cloudflare have locked you out then you won't be able to change them. Other standard registrars will have far less cause, legitimate or not, to lock or disable your account, since they don't host/proxy your content.

[–] gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 1 points 40 minutes ago (1 children)

I'm not sure what the consequences are for ignoring it, but it would violate the ICANN RAA to lock a person out of being able to transfer their domain except for legal reasons like evidence of fraud or a court order. Sure, they can terminate your account on their services but they can't prevent you from transferral without violating their agreement with ICANN.

It would be a weird scenario that you're describing that would be unusual and exceedingly rare. You would need to be directly connected to something highly illegal for that to happen, not just a normal user.

[–] jonathan@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 minutes ago

That's why I said I don't trust them to not fuck up, not that it's something that should ordinarily be expected. Additionally, especially considering how the rule of law in their jurisdiction is going recently I wouldn't assume it will always be this way.