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0 pointsmwsherman14y ago0 comments

That’s my point. “Evil” has nothing to do with it, unless we believe our industry to be populated by angels and devils.

Let’s focus on behaviors and incentives. Leaving in droves seems to have led to behavior we prefer. What to conclude?

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I've seen lots of separate instances of scummy behaviour by GoDaddy, long before this SOPA spectacle.

Money is the only incentive they need, and the only one they follow. A big company is all about maximizing profits at every turn.

What to conclude? -Nothing. GoDaddy is still just as full of shit as it was before today, and will continue shafting its customers and corrupting your government.

GoDaddy's problem was that people who manage Internet domains tend to be technical folks, aware of SOPA and against it. As a result of this combination, there were actual consequences to supporting SOPA. It just happens to be easy enough to protest by moving your domains away, so lots of people did.

This was purely an exercise in damage control, not an indication of anything actually changing at GoDaddy.

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