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Re: WordPress introduces 100 year domain registrations

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Post by miragecraft »

jacquesm wrote: post #52
miragecraft wrote: post #47

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We have the Internet Archive though, so you’re really just paying for search engine discoverability and… domain name squatting as a dead person. I’d bet that the Internet Archive will last longer than Wordpress as an organization.

There are a lot of forces that would love to see the IA disappear. I wouldn't bet on them any more than I would on any other copy. If you really think something is worth preserving print it out on acid free paper or archival quality microfiche.

Those forces are not against the website preservation part of IA, only their “digital library” part where they provide access to copyrighted material for free.

I seriously doubt even if IA lost a bunch of lawsuits would your archived website be in any danger, as there are many many interested parties (including nation states) who are keen to keep the archived websites from disappearing as they are an important public resource.

Re: WordPress introduces 100 year domain registrations

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Post by superq »

ipaddr wrote: post #31
goykasi wrote: post #19

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That's insanity. I would rather bet on Cloudflare to be around longer. They don't add any additional up-charge from the baseline ICANN price. Before, I was buying 10 years of registration for a bit of a discount, but, after 20 years, I've switched over to single year with CF. What value does Wordpress bring for $380/yr? That's crazy.

You don't think Cloudflare will have a vc catchup moment where they jack up prices when they have a certain reach? Or they won't get purchased by a bigger entity or the US military? Cloudflare will not be the same in 10 years. I doubt it will exist as the cloudflare we know today.

Cloudflare is a publicly traded company with a current market cap of $18.2B.

Re: WordPress introduces 100 year domain registrations

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Post by dawnerd »

redserk wrote: post #21
yellow_lead wrote: post #4

Does anyone trust them to maintain these for 100 years? This is a money grab - "Pay us up front for 100 years of service." No doubt the terms will include plenty of wiggleroom for the company to backtrack on these promises. * we maintain multiple backups of your content across geographically distributed data center * 24/7 Premier Support * The very best managed WordPress experience with unmetered bandwidth, best-in-c…

Plus consider how many people are going to really care about this deal being upheld in 100 years. Say a buyer of this service dies in 50 years. Would their children and potential grandchildren want to take Wordpress to court over the $15,000 valued in 2023 dollars? I would assume not. This is a terrible deal for a lot of people. Perhaps the better investment would be putting the $35,000 into buying land somewhere ran…

If they could guarantee a site function for 100 years this could be an insane bargain if you’ve been anywhere near what a retainer with an agency would cost.

Re: WordPress introduces 100 year domain registrations

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Post by bartvk »

Waterluvian wrote: post #46

It’s just a money grab for anyone who will fall for it. 100 years is long enough that the consequences of failure are nil. Nobody who is pushing this program will be alive to deal with any fallout. It reminds me of the subtle attitude of people making poor engineering decisions because they’ll be long gone by the time payment comes due.

A money grab from the people of WordPress? The company that has probably done the most for the development of the web? I find it hard to see it that way.

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Post by withinboredom »

hoofhearted wrote: post #41
8organicbits wrote: post #13

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Seems likely to me. It's twenty years old and powers >40% of the internet. Old software that reaches that level of adoption for so long has great sticking power. Edit: I suppose the parent meant WordPress.com, the commercial organization that's making this offer, not the open source software itself. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordPress

It’s like the Ford Edsel; WordPress is so wrapped up in their own technology and echo chamber that they won’t even see a better product coming to the market with features that customers are actually asking for. https://github.com/elegantframework/elegant-cli

You're assuming that people want a static site. WordPress isn't just static sites.

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Post by microdev »

jeremyjh wrote: post #27
Ayesh wrote: post #16

It's $38K for 100 years. Because WordPress.com is the .blog registry, I guess they could pull it off for .blog domains. Other tld registries have bitten dust already, and other registries have jacked up prices in the previous years. But even at a 10% increase a year (likely the case for .com), the domain renewals will cost about $5K for 100 years. With hosting, support, and WordPress being able to run for 100 years,…

Am I the only one horrified at the thought that people will still be using Wordpress in 100 years? I can't really imagine the world in which that happens, it has to have the kind of bleakness to it that in its own way surpasses cyberpunk dystopias.

It may exists but I think it's very unlikely to maintain a significant market presence. I'm very curious how it's going to fare in the next 10 - 20 years though (I'm building a WordPress-related product and got a bit scared with ChatGPT). Maybe it's not even about WordPress but that the idea of a website as we know it now may become obsolete and most of casual web browsing will be done through an AI chat service. I think there's some chance that ecommerce websites would still exist, that the chat interface would be an inferior interface alternative and only play a supporting role.

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Post by echelon »

somenameforme wrote: post #44
echelon wrote: post #33

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I'll be horrified if we're still using screwdrivers in 100 years. I'm ready for brain uploads and immortality and unlocking the rest of the galaxy for exploration. I'm tired of everyone turning to dust.

Take yourself back to 1960. Mankind has never once been to space, though there have been endless efforts to achieve such. The next year Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space, Alan Shepherd follows shortly behind him. The following year the President gives a riveting speech about putting a man on the Moon. 7 years later, we land the first man on the Moon. And then do it repeatedly - to the point that dozens of m…

> Can you even imagine where we'll be in 50 years?

If we're not careful, buying slightly faster smartphones.

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