Good Bye Host Europe
I am with my current hosting partner since 1999 when they still had the name One-2-One. I usually was happy with them and they even sponsor two of my servers. One on which runs everything beyond tellerrand related and one where anything else, like this page, runs on.
Surely within 26 years there is the one or other thing that is not your most favourite decision, but in general I have been satisfied. Even in a way that in one year, when they started to sponsor the servers also, I agreed to be featured in a campaign with interviews and full page ads in magazines. Sadly a lot of the things I said back then are things I would not say anymore.
Obligatory Switch to Microsoft 365
During the years prices increased and decisions were made, I did not agree to 100%. 2016 they were acquired by GoDaddy and I was hoping that not too much would change. It did not so much for me, but beginning of this year Host Europe announced their switch to Microsoft 365. Obligatory. No other choice than to eat this or leave.
That is really sad. Not only because I do not want to use it, but I also would have to pay extra for any singe email account now. And that are quite some accounts.
The Sad Leave
I am now looking into other options for my domains, websites, and email. This is a painful decision as, like I said, I actually was satisfied, but also because it is an annoying act and work I do not need these days, to be honest.
I am not really angry about this, but really sad and disappointed that they don’t leave any other options and don’t seem to care about the customer. 26 years of loyalty (well, and my money) and they let you hang with “you can always quit, if you don’t want to use Microsoft 365”.
Sad and disappointing.
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Moritz
The product has been broken for many years. The whole interface is bonkers and broken in so many places (cPanel modifications gone wrong, missing translations, etc.)
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Mokorana
I really enjoyed your article and can fully backup your decision. However, knowing your work and your tech stack Host Europe felt already misplaced. I am pretty sure in a couple of weeks you won't regret the decision made for you.
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SELFHTML e.V.
SELFHTML ist bei Manitu @team Wir sind sehr zufrieden!Herzliche GrüßeMatthias
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alienlebarge :prami_winky:
If you're ever curious, it might be worth checking out, but I've been with Infomaniak as my hosting provider for years and I'm really pleased with their service. Plus, they uphold values that I respect https://www.infomaniak.com/en/about
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Karl Urban
thanks for writing this up. I changed my self hosting enterprise away from HostEurope some months ago, for the same reason.
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Fabian Michael
Good decision, I was also kind of annoyed about their move for the same reason, though it affected a client project. The fact alone that they did not support automatic SSL certificate renewal already bugged me, but this was the final nail in the coffin.
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WhiteHotaru
did I get this right? If you buy hosted email service at Host Europe you get M365 and Exchange? They don’t offer their own email infrastructure?
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Lukas Bestle
I wasn’t at Host Europe, df or any other now GoDaddy-operated provider, but still separated my web and email hosting a few years ago. Email hosting now at mailbox.org. Feels liberating to not have so much lock-in.
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