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Re: WordPress introduces 100 year domain registrations

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Post by ipaddr »

goykasi wrote: post #19
layer8 wrote: post #10

And it’s only $380 per year: https://wordpress.com/100-year/ With inflation, that may almost end up being a fair deal. ($380 in 2023 was about $24 in 1923.)

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.

Re: WordPress introduces 100 year domain registrations

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Post by codeulike »

readams wrote: post #25
unnouinceput wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

just like unlimited yahoo mail space, or google's unlimited email space or that airline from 80's that took back through technicalities the "lifetime" ticket, no? I would not trust anything that's long term more than 10 years, and even that is a stretch. I agree with GP, it's a cash grab.

Google never had unlimited email space. They launched at 1GB (which seemed huge) and increased it over the years, but it was never unlimited.

They marketed it at the time as being "unlimited", which at the time was a reasonably fair description

Re: WordPress introduces 100 year domain registrations

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Post by echelon »

ohgodplsno wrote: post #30
jeremyjh wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Are you horrified at the idea that we still use screwdrivers when power tools exist ? Wordpress does the job. It's not particularly good at anything, but it works damn well. Wordpress is 40% of all sites in the world.

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.

Re: WordPress introduces 100 year domain registrations

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Post by refactor_master »

unnouinceput wrote: post #8
robjan wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They own .blog so I am guessing they can at least keep that part of the bargain. As to what level of service they can maintain over 100 years, or whether the web as we know it will continue to exist, remains to be seen.

just like unlimited yahoo mail space, or google's unlimited email space or that airline from 80's that took back through technicalities the "lifetime" ticket, no? I would not trust anything that's long term more than 10 years, and even that is a stretch. I agree with GP, it's a cash grab.

We don’t even have to go back to the 80s to find this kind of impermanence.

When the war between Ukraine and Russia first started, energy prices in Europe skyrocketed, causing several utility companies to cancel their customers’ existing fixed-rate plans, to instead pass on all expenses.

Re: WordPress introduces 100 year domain registrations

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Post by jacquesm »

echelon wrote: post #33
ohgodplsno wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you horrified at the idea that we still use screwdrivers when power tools exist ? Wordpress does the job. It's not particularly good at anything, but it works damn well. Wordpress is 40% of all sites in the world.

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.

Prepare for disappointment.

Re: WordPress introduces 100 year domain registrations

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Post by riffic »

echelon wrote: post #33
ohgodplsno wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you horrified at the idea that we still use screwdrivers when power tools exist ? Wordpress does the job. It's not particularly good at anything, but it works damn well. Wordpress is 40% of all sites in the world.

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.

screwdrivers are a very good example of the Lindy effect

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect

Re: WordPress introduces 100 year domain registrations

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Post by gruturo »

echelon wrote: post #33
ohgodplsno wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you horrified at the idea that we still use screwdrivers when power tools exist ? Wordpress does the job. It's not particularly good at anything, but it works damn well. Wordpress is 40% of all sites in the world.

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.

There Will Be Screws.

(and rivets. Joints. Pipes. Flanges, if we're unlucky)

Re: WordPress introduces 100 year domain registrations

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Post by jacquesm »

miragecraft wrote: post #35

Prepaying 100 years to secure your digital legacy hinges on the sad premise that no one else will bother to keep it going. Like a swan song that lasts way too long through sheer financial will.

This is one of the major differences between digital and paper: digital requires constant upkeep.

If you'd replace the inscriptions on pyrymids and obelisks as well as the various old documents with their digital equivalent we'd have lost them long ago. And they will still be there long after their current digital equivalents have turned to dust. The only defense that digital has is boundless copies, in the hope that some of them survive. But the chances of any particular copy surviving very long is nil and even if it does it is probably going to be unreadable so you need to keep copying.

Re: WordPress introduces 100 year domain registrations

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Post by ck2 »

I'd like to imagine we'd be domain-less in 100 years

Obviously cannot envision what would replace it by then but our interfaces will be completely different, not just full effortless voice interaction with AI but probably gestures and anticipation analysis.

Imagine the computing power in a penny sized node and the battery would be your body or radio frequency airwaves or solar or kinetics, everything it can absorb.

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