Re:.an, the TLD that ceased to exist
by jsheard on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @12:17PM
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.sucks really shouldn't exist, it's pretty explicitly set up as an extortion racket. They charge nearly $300 a year because they know that brands will pay a lot to prevent anyone else from getting brand.sucks.
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> it's pretty explicitly set up as an extortion racket
Or rather for squatting. google.sucks is registered by Google LLC, microsoft.sucks by Microsoft Corporation, meta.sucks by Meta Platforms, Inc., and so on...
Re:.an, the TLD that ceased to exist
by hnuser123456 on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @01:11PM
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That's what they're saying. Corps are "forced" to buy their own domain with .sucks to prevent someone else from hosting something critical of the brands there. Whoever came up with .sucks gets to make money from people buying the domains just to prevent others from using them to actually host something.
Microsoft owns microsoft.sucks but they decided to redirect it to microsoft.com, which is a bit of an own goal. The others don't point to anything.
Re:.an, the TLD that ceased to exist
by bobthebutcher on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @04:36PM
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Looks like the redirect doesn't work for me since they couldn't get their SSL working.. Truth in advertising at least.
Re:.an, the TLD that ceased to exist
by mardifoufs on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @12:52PM
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I'm going to claim dotsucks.sucks now.
Re:.an, the TLD that ceased to exist
by ProxCoques on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @01:44PM
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Didn't somebody register dot.com and had an email address of [email protected]? You could have [email protected]
You may be thinking of Tony Finch, [email protected].