discuss Why do registrars make it hard to delete your account?

[Rhinnnn]

Today, I wanted to delete my account at a certain Alex Jones-friendly registrar and discovered that there's no simple way to do it. You have to email them and request this.

From what I'm seeing, only Porkbun has a button that lets you easily and quickly delete your account. Everyone else seems to be making it hard for users to do so. Why is that? It's weird - especially when it comes to registrars that trumpet their love for free speech* and such.

Even Facebook has a Delete Account button. Why wouldn't all registrars have this as well?


* Free speech is great. Hate speech is not.

 

[dido90]

It's very simple in Dynadot, delete > confirm > wait one month

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Imagine that your account was hacked and then removed in a few clicks...

 

[Rhinnnn]

Imagine that your account was hacked and then removed in a few clicks...

But you can have a Delete button that requires confirmation via email.

 

[equity78]

Imagine that your account was hacked and then removed in a few clicks...

Exactly

 

[Samer]

Following Twitter’s lead, i see. You cant delete.

Facebook allows,not “suspend” but delete, yes
they actually allow both; latter is difficult to find.
Great questio i didnt try, if did not worth hassle

 

[Samer]

Exactly

Never thought of it that way...
Make it so you cant delete accounts with DN(s)

You can still delete DNs, then account, but I see what you are saying. Never came to mind.