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PSA: GoDaddy gated their own API. DDNS users warned (loudwhisper.me)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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GoDaddy really lived up to its bad reputation and recently changed their API rules. The rules are simple: either you own 10 (or 50) domains, you pay $20/month, or you don't get the API. I personally didn't get any communication, and this broke my DDNS setup. I am clearly not the only one judging from what I found online. A company this big gating an API behind such a steep price... So I will repeat what many people said before me (being right): don't. use. GoDaddy.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Gandi changed their TOS and price structure last year, so I ported everything over to Porkbun for a small savings, but mostly as a big middle finger to Gandi.

If you're gonna get banged that kind of cash for functions you're already using, you may as well look at better registrars, and get better value for your spend.

Shop around.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I also migrated everything to Porkbun. Gandi used to be good too, we used it extensively at work in my previous org (~3 years ago).

Is the whole sector regressing? It seems these companies aren't happy just earning a profit based on the service they offer. There is always something "more" that they need to do. Often this makes the experience worse. Meh.

Super happy with Porkbun BTW, it just works, does what it's needed and I found the renewals to be 50% cheaper compared to GoDaddy...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

GoDaddy has always been pretty shitty.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I moved just about everything to Route53 for registration - I run my own DNS so I don't need to pay for that, and it's ~40% cheaper than Gandi for better service.

Now I just need to move my .nz domain (R53 supports .{co,net,org}.nz, but not .nz itself?) and the 2 .xyz domains that are "premium" for some reason so R53 won't touch