A common tactic is to sell cheap domains, then charge a lot for renewal, since many people don't want the hassle of moving their domains to another registrar.
GoDaddy also makes it hard to buy a service, because as you try to check out, you're hit with page after page advertising other services before you can pay for what you actually want.
“..GoDaddy today very woke. And like many big registrars, can be quite sleazy...”
I wouldn’t use GoDaddy if my life depended on it for even the time of day.
I used em for almost 8 years with nary an issue. When renewals came up, we paid and continued on without issue.
When my renewal came up this last time for my domain, they sold it out from underneath me!!! Lost my email accounts that I had all that time. When I complained, I got some guy from India that fed me a line of BS.
Went to Hover for new domain, but decided it was time to use Proton for email, and it’s taken some time and effort to get everything switched over and back in order.
Nope....GoDaddy can go pound sand where the sun don’t shine as far as I’m concerned.