I 100% agree. Whenever these companies start with their own projects I immediately get suspicious that their goal is to enshittify down the line with vendor lock-in.
The only reasons why I’m seriously considering a Tuxedo are 1. European brand and 2. Double SSD.
Not a lot of laptops seem to be offering double SSD while being Linux compatible, so my hands are kinda tied.
Nice. Cheers!!
Understood 🫡 thanks for that. I am generally happy with IONOS however their DNS propagation seems to take forever. I have a new domain I bought a couple days ago and my email provider’s DNS still hasn’t propagated… I thought we were past the 72h propagation era, but I guess not with everyone.
Does their final price already include WHOIS protection?
I found OVH quite confusing. Do they upsell you like crazy (e.g. is WHOIS protection an upsell)? I don’t want to create an account on purpose just to find out.
Its also what you use if you want to have your domain stolen, apparently.
I’ve had few problems in the 7 years I have used them[…] one of which is not possible to get back since I’m required to provide proof that I live in Sweden […] Wasn’t the case when I initially bought it in 2018.
Sounds like a severe case of Stockholm syndrome to me. /s
Anyways, you do you buddy. I don’t trust them at all after those reviews. Especially when IONOS exists.
PS: kinda funny that a supposedly privacy-focused registrar demands an official document of your place of residence. Sounds like the promised privacy is just a gimmick (or, something that all registrars offer by default as long as you choose the WhoIS guard option).
What’s up with everyone in this comment section shilling registrars with abysmal customer reviews? Lol. The only one that even has remotely good reviews is Mythic Beasts.
Anyways, I’d like to recommend IONOS (German). Their service has been flawless so far, and I haven’t seen any reports of bad customer either.
Those reviews don’t look very inspiring, not gonna lie. Also, their About page says their service is run from Costa Rica?
Ultimately I don’t think these “privacy-first” domain registrars are a great choice, which is a rare thing to say about an internet service.
But you’re dealing with private property here and being ICANN-accredited (which Njalla isn’t) is kind of important if you’re gonna do something serious with your domain. You want those protections that excessive privacy won’t permit having.
Probably nothing would happen to you. They might correlate your IP address and ban you, but that’s likely it.
I mean, that’s probably the worst thing that can happen to your email, lol. Consider how much your online life depends on access to your email.
I kinda get it for people who want to compartmentalise their email.
I personally have 1 email I only use for banks and other important logins, and then a second one that is a bit more general use.
Were you using it with their custom OS, or did you try to install something else like Linux Mint?
Oh, understood. Dumb me, lol.
So, aren’t there security risks associated with using Betterbird?
Aren’t you concerned that the development is in the hands of just one guy?
Are you me? Lol. Ever since I started bootinf Linux (through a standard speed pendrive, mind you) I barely boot into windows.
In fact, I’m pissed whenever I accidentally boot into windows because windows is too the automatic option when booting, haha. I foresee that changing very very soon.
Nice list. Why KMail over Thunderbird, I wonder?
What’s good to the user is what the user wants its device to do. Simple as.
Have you tried talking to customer support? I hear they are quite responsive.