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A comment on Ask HN: Why can't I buy this .app domain?.

Re:Ask HN: Why can't I buy this .app domain? by therealmarv on Saturday December 29, 2018 @05:59AM (#18783071)
.app is owned by Google. Google can make their own rules on this domain top level and block e.g. drive.app !
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Re:Ask HN: Why can't I buy this .app domain? by jeremija on Saturday December 29, 2018 @06:35AM (#18783177)
They seem to have blocked a lot of single-word domains that do not have a WHOIS record. They mark some as premium, but even with that, there's no way to buy any of them.
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