Crunchbase says leveraged buyout by private equity firm Montefiore Investment in 2019

https://www.crunchbase.com/acquisition/montefiore-investment...

If that's the case I'm surprised it took 4 years for me to hear anything about it turning shitty

Because Montefoire sold them to a scummy company:

https://your.online/press-release/

Good find. I've never heard of "Total Webhosting Solutions," anybody had experience with them?

It's a bummer if Gandi goes downhill. I've never used them personally but I heard a lot of recommendations that they were a good registrar.

They were awesome. I have been with them over 15 years. But I fear it's time to move on. Still looking for an EU registrar that has modern 2FA (FIDO2) and is large enough to not be a target for takeover anytime soon.

There are some listed here: https://european-alternatives.eu/category/domain-name-regist...

I had just begun moving to Gandi, now I feel like I shouldn’t move anything more there :/

Is OVH large enough?

They've supported FIDO for a while IIRC.

Scaleway maybe?

They used to be, got greedier and here we are.

see this discussion https://lobste.rs/s/flcpop/what_domain_registrar_is_worth_us...