Google owns TLDs: .web .meme and .lol

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Post by phantom_oracle » Sun, Jan 02, 2022, 3:36 PM UTC

Google owns TLDs: .web .meme and .lol
icannwiki.org

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Post by notreallyserio » Sun, Jan 02, 2022, 4:09 PM UTC

They also have .new, enabling links like https://sheets.new.

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Post by judge2020 » Sun, Jan 02, 2022, 4:10 PM UTC

The list of all their owned TLDs are at [0]. There is an icannwiki page with all the ones they’ve applied for, but not just the ones they currently own.

0: https://ntldstats.com/registry/Charleston-Road-Registry-Inc

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Post by jefftk » Sun, Jan 02, 2022, 4:10 PM UTC

notreallyserio wrote: post #2

They also have .new, enabling links like https://sheets.new .

More details: https://whats.new/

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Post by edoceo » Sun, Jan 02, 2022, 4:13 PM UTC

And .dev, which IIRC they were not going to make public but then did. And requires SSL

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Post by LudwigNagasena » Sun, Jan 02, 2022, 4:15 PM UTC

jefftk wrote: post #4

notreallyserio wrote: post #2

They also have .new, enabling links like https://sheets.new .

More details: https://whats.new/

That looks awful as a concept. I hope it doesn’t get any traction.

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Post by nothis » Sun, Jan 02, 2022, 4:18 PM UTC

judge2020 wrote: post #3

The list of all their owned TLDs are at [0]. There is an icannwiki page with all the ones they’ve applied for, but not just the ones they currently own. 0: https://ntldstats.com/registry/Charleston-Road-Registry-Inc

How can a commercial company own a top level domain like ".app"? I get that they own .youtube or .google but isn't that way too generic? Like a company owning the copyright for the word "Company"?

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Post by Closi » Sun, Jan 02, 2022, 4:18 PM UTC

If ICANN wasn't just a giant extortion racket they would have yanked this from Google squatting on it years ago - clearly they haven't actually met any of the listed goals considering they have never used the TLD (or opened them for general availability like their original application implies).

In reality all ICANN cares about is $$$

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Post by judge2020 » Sun, Jan 02, 2022, 4:19 PM UTC

LudwigNagasena wrote: post #6

jefftk wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

More details: https://whats.new/

That looks awful as a concept. I hope it doesn’t get any traction.

Some of these are pretty pretentious and it means one company can claim the 2ld for their industry, eg https://story.new and https://repo.new

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Post by hereforphone » Sun, Jan 02, 2022, 4:19 PM UTC

In a sense, dangerous. Google has a history of (and currently practices) censoring viewpoints it disagrees with. Will its censorship reach extend from omitting / deprioritizing search results to entirely canceling those using its TLDs that it deems undesirable?