With the announcement of Google Domains shutting down and being sold off to Squarespace, I find myself losing the one registrar I had any trust in. In retrospect it was REALLY dumb of me to trust that a Google product that wasn't Ads/Youtube/Search to not shut down, but here I am.
I dunno much about Squarespace -- haven't used them at all, since I prefer making my own websites/apps -- so I'm leery about using a registrar that's so focused on products and addons and other stuff.
I'm looking for recommendations for a registrar that:
- Has a reasonably modern interface
- Has easy to use DNS settings etc
- Has modern features (WHOIS protection etc), preferably built-in without needing to pay out the ass
- Doesn't have scummy practices (*cough* GODADDY *cough* GANDI *cough*)
Thanks ahead of time!
I noted several in the recent Gandi thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36321783 I was noting principally European-based registrars:
inwx.de (DE)
BookMyName.com (FR - LOL modern interface, but part of Scaleway)
netim.com (FR)
freethought.uk (UK)
https://www.nic.ch/registrars (CH, a list of Swiss registrars)