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Alphabet selling Google Domains assets to Squarespace

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Re: Alphabet selling Google Domains assets to Squarespace

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Post by katbyte »

aniforprez wrote: post #369
katbyte wrote: post #348

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So? Let’s say you had an old large code base in 100,000s of lines of code that just works and has been mostly untouched for years in eol/maintenance. you expect there to be budget or time to rewrite it into python 3 for literally no reason other then “2.7 is deprecated”? It’s far cheaper, potentially millions cheaper, to just change clouds/providers and find a way to continue on 2.7.

> Let’s say you had an old large code base in 100,000s of lines of code that just works I've migrated 200k LoC python 2.7 codebases to python 3. It certainly wasn't painless but tools like black, flake8, 2to3 and other stuff helped. It's not impossible and can be executed in 2-4 weeks > you expect there to be budget or time to rewrite it into python 3 for literally no reason other then “2.7 is deprecated” 2.7 is not…

It really depends on the codebase and how complex or well written it is, and the. How much it costs/takes to validate and test. A website is going to be much easier and quicker then something in finance where testing and validating is by far the expensive part.

Your code took a month, not everyone’s will.

so again something is just running and working why spend the money and or time when there are potentially far more important things to spend limited resources on?

op even said “yes I’m gonna but I don’t have the time” be

Re: Alphabet selling Google Domains assets to Squarespace

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Post by katbyte »

b112 wrote: post #421
jay_kyburz wrote: post #381

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To be clear, I am upgrading from Python 2.7, but while I do it I'm not building in a way that requires any code from Google and will make sure the app is platform agnostic. It doesn't really matter how many years of notice they gave me, I just haven't had time to do it.

Having any sort of code on python 2.7, means you don't give a rat's ass about security. It also immediately means your code should be assumed to have back doors, vulnerabilities, because python 2.7 almost certainly does! This is what happens, when no one is maintaining software. Security is more important that anything, certainly than having time or not to update your code. You're 100% in the wrong here, and Google i…

Not all code is a website or publicly accessible…

Re: Alphabet selling Google Domains assets to Squarespace

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Post by gcr »

jmabeebiz24 wrote: post #468
jiveturkey wrote: post #341

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That will apparently still be the case. > Upon closing, Squarespace, a long- time reseller of Google Workspace, will become the exclusive domains provider for any customer purchasing a domain along with their Workspace subscription from Google directly for a minimum of three years.

I have a weird feeling that since they sold the domains to Squarespace, Google might sell off Workspace to them too.

I don't think that's happening, but Google's support document has this to say:

> Once regulatory approvals are obtained and the transaction closes, the billing and support services for Google Workspace (including G Suite) subscriptions currently billed by Google Domains will be managed by Squarespace. After close there will be a transition period during which customer and billing information will be migrated over time, subject to limited exceptions, after which your Workspace subscription previously billed by Google Domains will be managed in a Squarespace account and billed by them.

So maaaaybe? I have no idea what these two sentences mean.

Re: Alphabet selling Google Domains assets to Squarespace

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Post by xtracto »

Dalewyn wrote: post #185
alex_young wrote: post #168

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Good old Windows Cement. https://external-preview.redd.it/1WN9Vrz1gjERiGjyfJ8kUZEANRB...

Windows today is unironically cement solid. Windows XP incorporated more user-centric elements from 9x, which culminated with ME, into NT. Windows 8 incorporated more mobile-centric elements from CE into NT. Windows is still rock solid at running programs from almost 30 years ago.

Shit, there are computers doing productive work and going strong on MSDOS 6.22 here in Mexico. Released in 1994, that makes it 30 year old software working without issues.

Google software can only DREAM of doing that. Microsoft was doing software while Google people were still even not planned to be born.

Re: Alphabet selling Google Domains assets to Squarespace

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Post by xtracto »

philistine wrote: post #280
kevin_thibedeau wrote: post #227

At least we now know that Google really can't commit to anything. What was even the point of restructuring into Alphabet if they're never going to do anything other than ads, search, videos, and email.

Ads are being dismantled by the EU, search by chatGPT, videos run on the same ads. I guess that leaves email.

I just recently setup a zpaq + insync flow to backup my drive data, I'll setup zpaq +imap for mails. Just recently migrated my mail adress to my own domain (sight Google domains).

I'm ready to degoogle.

Re: Alphabet selling Google Domains assets to Squarespace

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Post by WorldMaker »

feyman_r wrote: post #196
panarky wrote: post #143

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Microsoft has killed more products than Google.

Without a source mentioned, I assume you refer to this[1]? A comparison shows most products that should be dead are on that list. G, on the other hand, has products actively used and loved by users. [1] https://killedbymicrosoft.info/

Also, a quick skim of that page lists products from at least the 1990s before Google even existed which seems unfair if you are trying to objectively match up counts. Microsoft does have a few more decades on Google.

Re: Alphabet selling Google Domains assets to Squarespace

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Post by WorldMaker »

dumpsterdiver wrote: post #391
PascLeRasc wrote: post #177

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The difference is no one misses them.

At least until Clippy dies, at which point some people will miss loving him, and probably a few more will miss hating him. Either way, he will be missed.

Uh, Office hasn't included Clippy in decades? Are you posting from 90s Slashdot, too?

Re: Alphabet selling Google Domains assets to Squarespace

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Post by WorldMaker »

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've been happy with service from Hover.com. It's from "old internet infrastructure company" Tucows and seems incentivized to deliver a good service because it is an infrastructure tool from an infrastructure company.

Re: Alphabet selling Google Domains assets to Squarespace

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Post by schemescape »

tebbers wrote: post #353
schemescape wrote: post #240

It says they’ll only honor existing prices for 12 months after the transaction closes. Any recommendations on where/how to transfer to get a) similar price, b) mail forwarding, and c) self-service subdomains? (Maybe the last two are standard—I have no idea since I’ve always used Google Domains)

Cloudflare is even cheaper than Google AFAIK. I already use them for my main domains and will probably move all my other Google domains over there as well.

One potential issue I see is that Cloudflare doesn’t allow changing to non-Cloudflare name servers.

Not an issue for me, but worth noting since this is fairly unusual, as far as I’ve seen.

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