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Having just jumped from Google to Nameheap this is more than mildly frustrating.

edit: apparently this is the result of Verisign putting up their wholesale prices

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[–] Unaware7013@kbin.social 17 points 2 years ago

Because capitalism means that you always have to keep making more money year over year even if you're not doing anything more than you ever were. So sometimes the only way to do it is to squeeze your customers even harder.