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Ok, I'll bite... First, if you liked the "commercial", you need to know a little background. Elephants are an endangered species because poachers kill them for their ivory, and they are protected in most countries. Only in Zimbabwe, a totally corrupt state that has pretty much collapsed, was Parsons able to get permission to "hunt" elephants. His attempt to spin it as a heroic and humanitarian act was pathetic. There are several measures you can take to prevent elephants straying into cropland, all costing a fraction of what Parsons will have paid to stage his stunt. So all up, there's not much to like.

Second, this doesn't make GoDaddy a terrible company. But it does mean that their CEO has terrible judgement. For most people, the elephant slaughter was the straw that broke the camel's back. We had endured the awful user interface and saturation upselling for years, but for all the reasons explained in the comments above, we didn't switch our domains. But I'm dammed if I'm going to pay a cent more to such a narcissistic idiot.

Finally, if you still like the idea of hosting at GoDaddy, go for it - that's your choice, and I respect it. Good luck!



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