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Re: Alphabet selling Google Domains assets to Squarespace

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Post by Joe_Boogz » Thu, Jun 15, 2023, 9:47 PM UTC

wsgeorge wrote: post #8

How long until the "don't trust Google to not kill a product" feeling becomes so widespread it begins to hurt them? I don't know any historical precedents...

already happened for me, I've transitioned away from Google almost entirely.

The only place I interact with google these days is my Google TV. Here's to hoping they don't drop support for that as well.

Re: Alphabet selling Google Domains assets to Squarespace

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Post by oldstrangers » Thu, Jun 15, 2023, 9:48 PM UTC

Wow, I really can't trust and rely on Google for anything can I? This is absurd. I have so many domains I'll have to move over.

The UX at Squarespace is just terrible and I want nothing to do with it.

Re: Alphabet selling Google Domains assets to Squarespace

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Post by danjoredd » Thu, Jun 15, 2023, 9:49 PM UTC

I've been using them for my domains for a couple of years now. This is a bit upsetting. I guess I will transfer my domains to name cheap or something

Re: Alphabet selling Google Domains assets to Squarespace

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Post by jacooper » Thu, Jun 15, 2023, 9:49 PM UTC

Didn't they just introduce the .zip TLD?

Re: Alphabet selling Google Domains assets to Squarespace

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Post by theonlybutlet » Thu, Jun 15, 2023, 9:50 PM UTC

fasteddie wrote: post #3

Another headstone in the google graveyard. This one doesn't make any sense to me, either, unless there are weird regulatory issues they want to avoid since it seemed like a very popular registrar. Or maybe they just didn't want to staff any limited customer support team.

Financial metrics were probably meh.

Re: Alphabet selling Google Domains assets to Squarespace

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Post by brycewray » Thu, Jun 15, 2023, 9:50 PM UTC

waboremo wrote: post #33

Now would be a good time for Cloudflare to announce they've (finally) added .app and .dev support. Nonetheless, Squarespace isn't bad but I found their domain pricing to be overpriced to target the specific market that doesn't really care about domain pricing they just want their domain and Squarespace set up at once. I can't see myself sticking around post the grace period mentioned.

I briefly transferred one of my domains from Google Domains to Cloudflare, but at least at that time CF required the domain to use its DNS. While that's generally not an issue with me because I use other CF services, I felt it might limit me too much down the line so I transferred the domain back to Google after the 60-day waiting period. Ah, well.

Re: Alphabet selling Google Domains assets to Squarespace

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Post by veave » Thu, Jun 15, 2023, 9:51 PM UTC

wildrhythms wrote: post #4

This is so disappointing. I never had an issue with Google Domains. It offered free WHOIS protection, easy to buy a domain and set it up. Nothing fancy. No BS fees. Shame

I like porkbun.com for the same experience.

Re: Alphabet selling Google Domains assets to Squarespace

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Post by brycewray » Thu, Jun 15, 2023, 9:52 PM UTC

petecooper wrote: post #32

maherbeg wrote: post #24

What are the top recommendations to migrate to these days?

At the risk of spamming this thread: Porkbun has been excellent for me.

Agree re Porkbun.

Re: Alphabet selling Google Domains assets to Squarespace

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Post by dangerboysteve » Thu, Jun 15, 2023, 9:53 PM UTC

(in the voice of David Attenborough) And thus starts the great domain migration of 2023. 10 million fledgling domains begin their search for safety in new homes, far away from the coming impending onslaught of upsells and limited time offer emails. Some will find refuge in Cloudflare, others, not so.

Re: Alphabet selling Google Domains assets to Squarespace

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Post by o_m » Thu, Jun 15, 2023, 9:54 PM UTC

wsgeorge wrote: post #8

How long until the "don't trust Google to not kill a product" feeling becomes so widespread it begins to hurt them? I don't know any historical precedents...

It has been like that for a long time, but it seemed like a lot of people thought they wouldn't kill GCP. But this makes sense, they might partition GCP instead of just killing it.