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Re:GoDaddy Statement on Eth.link Domain Registration by jacooper on Sunday August 28, 2022 @11:12AM (#32629007)
No, I meant that any good domain is bought by godaddy so they can park it and sell it for exorbitant prices.

They are not actually used, just parked.

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Re:GoDaddy Statement on Eth.link Domain Registration by tialaramex on Sunday August 28, 2022 @11:56AM (#32629362)
So, I just randomly made up some 2LDs, and asked whois about them. Sure enough none of them exist.

fakecheese.info fastdoris.net old-banjo.org spacefare.rs

These weren't the results of me trying dozens of things, just writing whatever came into my head and none of them exist. Your definition of "any good domain" just means "Names which are obviously valuable" and then you're surprised that, duh, those names are obviously valuable so a speculator owns them.

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Re:GoDaddy Statement on Eth.link Domain Registration by popcalc on Sunday August 28, 2022 @08:46PM (#32633695)
A few days ago I registered a 5 letter actually pronounceable .COM. You just have to be creative.
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Re:GoDaddy Statement on Eth.link Domain Registration by klez on Sunday August 28, 2022 @11:46AM (#32629299)
Ok, I understand. Yeah, that's scummy.
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