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Re: Introducing .app, a more secure home for apps on the web

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Post by jmelloy »

asaph wrote: post #49
stevoski wrote: post #26

What's the pricing? I couldn't find this info on the site.

On GoDaddy at least, pricing seems to vary by domain name. beer.app is $1,999.99 while hackernews.app is $16.99. You can check pricing on individual .app domains here: https://www.godaddy.com/tlds/app-domain Edit: It appears this pre-registration doesn't even guarantee you'll get the domain. It just increases your chances :( I'm gonna pass...

How would it? Godaddy can't buy the domain until General Availability, so they can't guarantee that you'll get it. Someone else could buy it first.

Re: Introducing .app, a more secure home for apps on the web

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Post by MichaelGG »

WorldMaker wrote: post #45
untog wrote: post #9

The defining feature here seems to be HSTS - all .app domains will connect via HTTPS by default, and never try HTTP. Which is nice. Otherwise... eh. In theory this becomes a home for web sites specifically related to apps. Certainly that seems to be what Google are suggesting. But are web apps "apps"? Is this native only? Are Google going to be actively monitoring these to make sure the content is related to the .app…

> But are web apps "apps"? Both Google and Microsoft are both strongly in the "Yes" category here and are heavily pushing PWAs as a future of many types of apps. If a lot of PWAs also want to use .app as their TLD, that serves Google's purposes just fine, I'd imagine. > Are Google going to be actively monitoring these to make sure the content is related to the .app TLD? Where's the creativity in that? The internet de…

Would Chagos get .io if it wasn't British Indian Ocean Territory?

Re: Introducing .app, a more secure home for apps on the web

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Post by dberg »

Does GoDaddy refund if you dont get the domain ?

EDIT: Found the FAQ -

Does pre-registering a domain guarantee I'll get it? No. Pre-registering reserves your place in our queue for that domain. The instant the registration phase opens, we'll submit our list of registrations electronically. If you don't get the domain you've pre-registered, we'll refund the cost of the registration. Any application fees are non-refundable however.

Re: Introducing .app, a more secure home for apps on the web

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Post by guessmyname »

Here is a small script for the Terminal lovers.

    #!/bin/bash
    DOMAIN="${1:-google}"
    RESPONSE=$(
        curl -XGET -s \
        -H "Accept-Language: en-us" \
        -H "Accept: */*" \
        -H "Connection: keep-alive" \
        -H "Host: domain-registry.appspot.com" \
        -H "Origin: https://get.app" \
        -H "Referer: https://get.app/" \
        -H "User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (KHTML, like Gecko) Safari/537.36" \
        "https://domain-registry.appspot.com/check?domain=${DOMAIN}.app"
    )
    echo "$RESPONSE" | sed "s/{\"/{\"domain\":\"${DOMAIN}.app\",\"/g"

Re: Introducing .app, a more secure home for apps on the web

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Post by toomuchtodo »

CydeWeys wrote: post #76
michaelt wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Finally, "there are several dozen CAs and some are really sketchy" becomes a strength, rather than a weakness!

Sketchy CAs that issue certificates to people that don't actually own the domains in question tend to get nuked from the chain of trust very quickly.

Historically, I'd disagree with you, although it is improving with Certificate Transparency monitoring and alerting.

Re: Introducing .app, a more secure home for apps on the web

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Post by ajnin »

ted0 wrote: post #6

Ted from Namecheap here - we've been excited about this TLD launch for a couple of years now and we plan to sell .app domains! Stoked it's launching very soon.

I bet all registrars are stoked when any new gTLD comes out, that auction and "valuable word"-based system must bring loads of cash. This one of the most outrageous, user-hostile things I've ever seen. It only preys on the need for brands to protect themselves while bringing no value and only confusion to end-users.

Re: Introducing .app, a more secure home for apps on the web

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Post by limeblack »

Not surprisingly Google has already prevented registration(pre pre registration) of anything related to their services alphabet[1], chrome[2], chromeos[3], etc... I guess you can do whatever you want when you own the domain extension.

[1] https://www.godaddy.com/dpp/find?checkAvail=1&tmskey=&domain...

[2] https://www.godaddy.com/dpp/find?checkAvail=1&tmskey=&domain...

[3] https://www.godaddy.com/dpp/find?checkAvail=1&tmskey=&domain...

Re: Introducing .app, a more secure home for apps on the web

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Post by cat199 »

adtac wrote: post #73
raimue wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just like .sh didn't cause confusion with the .sh extension for shell scripts.

Except, .sh means nothing in particular in Linux. It just so happens people use .sh for shell scripts.

It just so happens people unnecessarily use .sh for shell scripts.

Re: Introducing .app, a more secure home for apps on the web

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Post by giarc »

gadders wrote: post #72
panarky wrote: post #47

Took me a while to figure out that Google Domains isn't participating in the Early Access Program. Apparently the "additional fee" for early access is extraordinarily high from some registrars. For example -> https://imgur.com/a/E9WRqTI

I just tried to buy one. Got an email saying I'd be invoiced on allocation of that domain to the registrar. WTF does that mean? How can they take my money if they don't even know they'll have the domain to sell?

webnames.ca says "If the domain cannot be registered on your behalf for any reason, there will be no cost to you."
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