This is pretty hilarious. It was going to happen eventually, but I love how they're like "we're backing the internet community and this bill just isn't good enough yet" when they were gung-ho about supporting it before.
People would be fools to buy this. Their original stance really speaks volumes about their inner workings and mentality. Just because they're backpedalling doesn't change a damn thing about who they are as a company.
"In an effort to eliminate any confusion about its reversal on SOPA though, Jones has removed blog postings that had outlined areas of the bill Go Daddy did support."
Just saying we are no longer supporting this revision of SOPA is not good enough. You were one of the people who created this mess I won't be happy until you end it. A true reversal is to go from actively supporting it to actively opposing it. Those people who you empowered to create this monstrosity need to know that you no longer support this bill or them. That's the apology I need to see before you will ever get my business
As friends of mine say, it's never over, the line just keeps moving inch by inch, year by year. Try to get something wildly egregious passed, then fall back to just a little bit of what you wanted. Then push forward again, fall back, repeat until toast.
I know that there is a statistical likelihood that as a 32 year old programmer I am probably a huge cynic. So this is a fun little project for me on a sick day, to try and come up with a scenario where I can accept their 180 reversal at face value and find all forgiven.
Ha. At least not right now. I have little faith and trust in the company now.
There is something to the "Don't be Evil" motto as company fountain of youth. Once a company loses my trust as a core audience/customer of theirs, they'll have a hard time winning it back.
People would be fools to buy this. Their original stance really speaks volumes about their inner workings and mentality. Just because they're backpedalling doesn't change a damn thing about who they are as a company.
"In an effort to eliminate any confusion about its reversal on SOPA though, Jones has removed blog postings that had outlined areas of the bill Go Daddy did support."
That leaves a bad taste in my mouth, too.