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Re:GoDaddy buying domains when they expire to extort their o... by emodendroket on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @04:41PM (#34154235)
It sounds like the claim is GoDaddy themselves are squatting on domains their customers fail to re-register. According to previous reports they also do this to domains prospective customers search for.
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Re:GoDaddy buying domains when they expire to extort their o... by paxys on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @09:56PM (#34156994)
That’s the claim, yes, but there’s nothing to back it up. What makes her think that GoDaddy bought the domain and not like literally anyone else on the planet?
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