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Alphabet selling Google Domains assets to Squarespace
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Re: Alphabet selling Google Domains assets to Squarespace
#122I'm a long-term, several domains user of Google Domains and disappointed to learn of this sale. Several others have suggested porkbun and I'm interested to see that it provides an API ( https://porkbun.com/api/json/v3/documentation ). Do folks have experience with this API? I have a hacky a solution to update Google Domains Dynamic DNS record but would value a more functional API to update DNS records. Had I known ab…
We previously built probably an equally hacky DDNS client using Python, an archive of it is hosted on GitHub under PorkbunDomains. Unfortunately we haven't been able to keep up with dev for it.
I know there's support for our API on the current GitHub hosted version of ddclient, however I haven't had a chance to get it working and a tutorial out, but it's an option.
Re: Alphabet selling Google Domains assets to Squarespace
#123Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is there something wrong with Cloudflare?
I have unrelated issues with Cloudflare becuase they're a single entity that controls access to far too much of the internet, in my opinion. In this case specifically, I moved the domain away since they want you to pay extra money to use custom DNS servers.
Wait, let me get this straight... you moved from Cloudflare, because you were worried about the scale of their control of the Internet... and you chose to migrate to... Google, the company that definitively actually controls the Internet, via monopoly-scale shares of search, email, web browsing, and has authored nearly every new Internet protocol specification in the last ten years to subtly make their ads harder to escape?
Re: Alphabet selling Google Domains assets to Squarespace
#124I think this one officially concludes “don’t trust Google for anything”.
Maybe I’m not familiar enough with GCP, but why is this not just rolled into GCP? Is it even possible to buy a domain on GCP when this rolls off?
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#125I knew better than to trust Google, and yet... I switched everything to Google Domains because the UI was very clean and the attempted upsells were minimal. I had moved from GoDaddy to Name.com years prior for similar reasons but Name burned my good will. Is there a service that replaces Google Domains in simplicity and not pushing add-ons?
We put a few of our accessory domains on Google Domains because it was super accessible. Really annoying.
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#126At least Google allowed me to pay in BRL, porkbun and others use just USD, with taxes and converting I'll pay a lot more for domains now... Well, stick with Brazilian domains now, that's a shame.
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#127I've been using Google Domains for a few years (previously used Namecheap); but, a few months ago, I took a domain I don't actively use and transferred it to Porkbun after reading so many positive comments on HN about that registrar. I was thinking, "Well, you never know about Google, so I may as well see how it goes, just in case." Have, indeed, been very pleased with Porkbun. The article says it'll be some months b…
When you transfer a domain to Porkbun, do any pre-paid years of registration travel across with the domain transfer, or are you starting "from scratch" in that regard?
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Porkbun is an excellent choice, I love their support! I wish they supported .ca domains (the only reason I'm using NameSilo) but when I asked in the past, they said they have no future plans to.
Just wanted to let you know that we recently onboarded .ca! We're slowly growing out our ccTLD portfolio too so if there are others folks have been waiting on please let us know so we can prioritized.
That's so exciting! I'll be slowly switching my .ca domains there.
Re: Alphabet selling Google Domains assets to Squarespace
#129I've been using Google Domains for a few years (previously used Namecheap); but, a few months ago, I took a domain I don't actively use and transferred it to Porkbun after reading so many positive comments on HN about that registrar. I was thinking, "Well, you never know about Google, so I may as well see how it goes, just in case." Have, indeed, been very pleased with Porkbun. The article says it'll be some months b…
When you transfer a domain to Porkbun, do any pre-paid years of registration travel across with the domain transfer, or are you starting "from scratch" in that regard?
In my case, it added a year to my existing renewal date for each domain.
Re: Alphabet selling Google Domains assets to Squarespace
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When you transfer a domain to Porkbun, do any pre-paid years of registration travel across with the domain transfer, or are you starting "from scratch" in that regard?
In my case, it added a year to my existing renewal date for each domain.
Nice! So, not only no loss involved, but there's a bonus added? Guess Porkbun's gettin' another happy customer soon. Saw that they also offer a few other services I'd likely use as well, so win/win for them (and me) I suppose.