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Post by andrepew »

vtange wrote: post #201
whatshisface wrote: post #181

A while ago, some posts on HN went around saying that you shouldn't use third-world TLDs for your startup because some of them are unreliable stewards who would put your domain at risk. Does registering a .dev domain make you dependent on Google in the same way that registering a .ly makes you dependent on Libya?

There was this one guy who lost a valuable Twitter handle due to him using his custom domain email (via GoDaddy) as a login email.[0] I'd like to think imagine Google is better than GoDaddy when it comes to security and fighting social-engineering attacks but who knows. But if Google is a weak link wouldn't that also mean all our gmails are not as safe as we think? [0] https://medium.com/@N/how-i-lost-my-50-000-twitt…

I'd say Google would be one of the most resistant organizations to social engineering by virtue of the fact that you can never really talk to an actual human even if you are a legit user and want help on an issue.

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Post by byuu »

dpwm wrote: post #64
gkoberger wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I mean, I get your point, but I think this is a meme exclusive to HN. Other than Google Reader, there really isn't much Google has shut down without having a newer, better product you can transition to. When it comes to something like this (AKA not a consumer product, makes money, relatively easy to run, etc), I genuinely can't see them shutting down a TLD like this. If anything, the complaint should be the lack of o…

Google Wave shut down without a replacement google service. [0] Google code shut down without a replacement google service. [1] Google plus is shutting down too. [2] [0] https://support.google.com/answer/1083134?hl=en [1] https://opensource.googleblog.com/2015/03/farewell-to-google... [2] https://support.google.com/plus/answer/9195133?hl=en

Also, can I add Google Code Search? That thing was such an incredibly valuable resource for figuring out how to work around inane edge cases in eg GTK. Just search for the function that's giving you issues, and find a dozen projects with extensive comments describing their workarounds.

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Post by derimagia »

stingraycharles wrote: post #190
lucideer wrote: post #173

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm in favour of this trend for this very reason. One should never implicitly assume you know it's the company you expect in any case.

That’s a bit of a stretch, not? If I visit dev.somesite.com, I can reasonably assume it belongs to the same owner as somesite.com. The same can not be said about somesite.dev.

Not sure I understand the point here, you're comparing subdomains to TLDs?

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Post by HillaryBriss »

willmadden wrote: post #195

Alphabet has too much cash. They have a well established track record of enthusiastically backing exciting new projects way outside of their core competency just to dump them like hot garbage several years later. They also compete in random new industries each time this happens. It doesn't seem like a smart move to lease a domain from a politically active mega-monopoly that might decide to randomly become your compet…

> ... might decide to randomly become your competitor in 2 years

think of the bright side. they might be willing to buy your neato .dev domain name back ... for $12.

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Post by notyourwork »

derimagia wrote: post #233
stingraycharles wrote: post #190

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That’s a bit of a stretch, not? If I visit dev.somesite.com, I can reasonably assume it belongs to the same owner as somesite.com. The same can not be said about somesite.dev.

Not sure I understand the point here, you're comparing subdomains to TLDs?

Yes because not everyone understands x.y.z and y.x are not owned by same person.

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Post by dehrmann »

GordonS wrote: post #211
dehrmann wrote: post #203

When in doubt, racketeer. I've been annoyed by how Google uses Adwords for a while; suppose you're company in a competitive, undifferentiated space. I just searched for "enterprise rental cars," and the first thing below the search box, an ad, was for getaround.com. The second was an ad for Enterprise, the third was the organic result for Enterprise. Google is effectively telling these companies "You wouldn't want so…

You could make the argument with a lot of the (mostly pointless) TLDs that have been released recently, such as .uk, which was a clear money-grab targeting existing .co.uk owners, or .sucks, which feels like an attempt to extort all domain owners.

True. Also, the new TLDs have gotten out of hand to the point that ICANN launching a new TLD has become noise. Their restraint has been so lacking that I'm expecting punycode emoji TLDs in the next few years. If you thought .sucks was bad, just wait for the poo emoji.

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Post by Whatevers »

ebg13 wrote: post #206
unilynx wrote: post #22

120KB of javascript and still the accordion doesn't open on OSX Safari.

You may get a kick out of this... Google Support 12:53 PM Thank you for contacting Google Domains. My name is and I'll be happy to assist you. Let me quickly read your notes here. 12:54 PM Hi there 12:54 PM How are you? 12:54 PM Hi. I'm trying to read your website but it's broken in one of the dominant web browsers in the world. 12:54 PM Hi you said that the link https://domains.google/tld/dev/ doesn't work on Safari…

> Hi. I'm trying to read your website but it's broken in one of the dominant web browsers in the world.

Don't we all hate reports like this one. "Yeah I know what information you need but my high horse told me to write this crap instead."

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