Was there some sort of assurance that nothing was going to happen when the contract expired, and this expectation was changed? Freenom hasn’t been registering domains since Jan 1.
It’s seeming a little odd to me that this is catching people with their pants down.
Just because someone’s beliefs don’t align with yours doesn’t mean they “aren’t on the left”.
Leftism isn’t a catch all for good people.
In fact many anarchists became disillusioned with the idea of “the left”, hence post-leftism.