I’m boycotting GoDaddy because they support the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA, H.R. 3261), and the Protect IP Act (PIPA, S. 968). These bills sound good from the titles, but are broadly worded to allow the government to takedown websites for almost any reason. Feeling the pressure from the interwebs, GoDaddy officially renounced support for SOPA, but there was no mention of PIPA.

GoDaddy sells domains for cheap, and in return, I look past their horrible control panel, cheap advertising campaigns, and ridiculous animal abuse. No more; I’ve finally moved my 16 domains to Namecheap. I suggest you do the same and move your domains a responsible company like Namecheap or Dreamhost (both affiliate links).

And to read more about SOPA, Jeffery Zeldman has written a great piece on SOPA and what it could mean for our industry.