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[โ€“] Quimby@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thoughts on the use of geographic domains for vanity purposes? I know that's come up recently as a topic of concern, and personally, it seems like it's both extremely widespread and also maybe shouldn't have become super widespread given the actual implications.

[โ€“] dessalines@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago

I've talked about this elsewhere, but the whole DNS system seems US-controlled and broken to me, and is essentially a privatization of the commons. A lot of historically free ones now seem to be getting yanked. So far I think lemmy.ml has been safe because its a paid one, but its a concern. Either way, if any of these have to move domain names, it'll be an annoying hassle, but it won't mean the death of lemmy or anything.