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 I can’t believe people actually use GoDaddy’s website hosting

GoDaddy buys vanity domains and then forces you to pay outrageous fees to buy it, and so the bulk of the good domains aren’t even used.  Like half the internet is “parked domain” signs.

If after buying that domain, you then turn around and buy hosting from them too, this is like paying the ransom to the kidnapper who took your child, to then after hire that guy for babysitting. 
 Yup, they're just domain squatters.

This is one of the reasons to like keys as identity, things like .onion, there's really no avenue to rent seek like that. 
 I know their CEO. He’s a nice guy but, fuck that company. 
 Also, weren't they hacked a few years ago?