Namecheap's VPN offering

namecheap.com

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How has this made it on to the home page?

I don't see why not - when Amazon releases a new product, it's usually featured here. Namecheap is one of the leading registrars, and their moving into this space is newsworthy.

I'd even say that the rise of easy-to-use VPN services is newsworthy in and of itself, as it signals a greater awareness of privacy concerns and an increasing level of sophistication for the general public.

I dont know, I just wanted to share the info about their new service.

There is no link to just download openvpn config files for *nix users. Does it even use openvpn?

They dont mention support for OpenVPN anywhere on the page, so my guess is they don't.

No OpenVPN + the price is a little bit below ok -> they will disappear soon.

Yeah, I mean the market is filled with VPN Service providers.

It might be not a good decision for DO to provide VPN services. The reason is there are many DO users from China. Providing VPN services may cause China block all DO IPs and consequently force China users to use other hostings.

DO ?

I feel like maybe they thought the site was for digital ocean...?

Eh! Somebody didn't read the title or the article at all.

Anyone know if namecheap is an American company?

Yes they are an American company. Wiki: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namecheap

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