Requirements:
- Domain registration (duh)
- Privacy.
- DNS included.
- Preferably based in the EU, but it’s not a hard requirement
GoDaddy has been a joke of a company for decades now.
I’ve never had problems with Squarespace since they took over registrations from Google Domains, which I used to use.
It’s Canadian but I use EasyDNS which has operated here forever. It’s privately owned by a Mark Jeftovic who’s fairly well known as an internet advocate / policy expert and ran as a candidate for the Libertarian Party of Canada, so is privacy focused.
Absolute zero issues with netcup (EU/de). Also comparatively cheap usually, and has frequent sales (always the same offers, afaict).
DNS is included with Domains, but I’m using desec.io as my DNS mainly for full dnssec compliance (free, de based, if registrations are open, works with certbot DNS challenge for letsencrypt).
Been happy with porkbun.
Same, just noting that they weren’t a default option in my ddns plugin. I’m sure that’s changed since 2023?
I don’t use Porkbun for DNS, I also don’t use ddns, for that matter, so I wouldn’t know.
What pissed you off about GoDaddy?
Godaddy is what I say when I throw my Pokéball to summon Incineroar.
☹️
I use Mythic Beasts
I’ve been using Elevology for years and absolutely love them. www.elevology.com
I’ve been using namecheap. But not sure where they’re based.
Is Cloudflare an option?
Cloudflare is American.
maybe gandi? what pisses you off with godaddy?
Mostly their history of hoarding domain names and becoming too bug, but I moved some domains over to them a while back for the sake of simplicity. But after they have started to try and upsell me Ai generated web design I have started do dislike them even more, to the point where I’m looking to use some of me one else.
I feel like you might like joker.com
Feels like I’ve had domains there since the 90’s and their interface show it
You won’t get any ai slop and zero pressure from upsell with them.
When I complained about the kinda high expense of keeping all of my old joke domains, they actually suggested — just sign up as a reseller and it’s cheap and you don’t gotta do anything at all.
Porkbun! But US based too
Great point, I’m with porkbun til late October but plan to move to a non US register
Cross post this to !selfhosted@lemmy.world. They will likely have good answers too.
Infomaniak, a Swiss registrar
Sadly privacy and Switzerland no longer checks out.
If you’re talking about the latest proposal to hamper encryption, it didn’t pass.
https://www.inside-it.ch/vupf-revision-faellt-in-der-vernehmlassung-komplett-durch-20250507
Nope,more that stuff: https://www.republik.ch/2024/01/09/der-bund-ueberwacht-uns-alle
The current one was just the cherry on top.
I do use infomaniak as well and can very much recommend them. Their support is first class and they do offer a bunch of other useful services (with which I‘m very satisfied as well).
