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Google's New .dev Domain Opens To All (engadget.com)
On Thursday, Google began officially selling their new .dev domains to anyone, Engadget reports:
To claim a .dev, all you need to do is sign up with your registrar of choice (Google, naturally, is an option). As a bonus, Google is offering a free .dev domain to anyone who applied for a ticket to the Google I/O event happening this May.
The domains will be secure by default, as they all require HTTPS, and Google has already moved many of its own sites (including web.dev, opensource.dev and flutter.dev) to the domain.
"The internet has come a long way from the days of .com, .org and .net," writes Engadget. "Now, you can get domains ending in anything from .cool to .ninja."
UPDATE (3/3/2019): Apparently the domain emacs.dev now points to the web site for Vim.
The domains will be secure by default, as they all require HTTPS, and Google has already moved many of its own sites (including web.dev, opensource.dev and flutter.dev) to the domain.
"The internet has come a long way from the days of .com, .org and .net," writes Engadget. "Now, you can get domains ending in anything from .cool to .ninja."
UPDATE (3/3/2019): Apparently the domain emacs.dev now points to the web site for Vim.
All of these vanity domains get blocked on my server because 99% are spam.
"Now, you can get domains ending in anything from .cn to .ru"
What does that even actually mean?
Real life is overrated.
People got .com - you entered the name and added .com. Now people are forgetting what a URL even is, thanks in part to google who has confused them with the difference between a search on google and entering in an address. By adding more .TLDs google further aids this confusion. It also allows confusion between legitimate and illegitimate sites for various brands and products and generates a way of forcing companies to register more and more different .TLDs to protect their trademarks and web presence. Google, internet cartel.
Sure, a .DEV domain may be worth having for a project. However, anyone relying on .DEV long-term is likely in for a disappointment given Google's past track record.
Also, going forward, it's likely .DEV domain renewals will cost more than for .COMs. The price trade-off may be worthwhile for those who can get a decent vanity .DEV domain. However, to reiterate, Google could kill off .DEV anytime and/or change policy to take back / restrict particular domains.
So much for my plans.
Google's New .dev Domain Opens To All
And their new ".notadev" domain opens to everyone else. Paradox imminent.
It must have been something you assimilated. . . .
I was always hoping for the .deviant web domains! The normal pron is getting so boring....crazy fake tits, yak yak yak, blowjob, eat pussy, fucking in weird positions, and then cum on face...YAWN!
If you can't win them on the merits, baffle them with the bullshit. As far as I can tell, it's just a ploy to cut out some middlemen that might also want to slurp all your data, thus making Google's copy less valuable in comparison.
I might be missing something... How did they get one to give away? I though this was an independent registrar thing that wasn’t owned by anyone (apart from American stewardship).
i already bought trumpforprison.dev and nevertrump2020.dev
"The internet has come a long way from the days of .com, .org and .net," writes Engadget. "Now, you can get domains ending in anything from .cool to .ninja."
What progress!
Like when my auto insurance company tried to send my ID cards to a .com email address instead of the .org email address that I specified.
Domain names are a protection racket, and the registrars are a cartel.
"What a nice website you have there, it would be a pity if it were to burn down. Better pay us every year for fire protection." [Registrar checks that the torches and lighters are in working order.]
What's amazing is that so few people realize it.
The rest are shit
Confusion between the .fap and .faq domains led to the gTLD wars of 2030...
How can a domain "require ssl"?
http://spamdecoy.net - free throwaway anonymous email - avoid spam!
These new domain TLDs are apparently enforcing the law of supply and demand, by charging more for "coveted" and popular domains.
For example, "so.dev" is a 2-letter domain, which Google prices at $720/yr. "sot.dev" is a 3-letter domain, but what the hell is a "sot", so that only cost $98/yr. Meanwhile, "sos.dev" costs $360/yr, because if you really need help, it should cost more. "pants.dev" is $98/yr, but if you want to save some money, you can just register "pant.dev", which is $56/yr.
Even though this "nickel and dime" pricing is just the latest extension to our capitalist overlords trying to suck us dry for every cent we have, I hate the idea.
I just went to the google accelerated page for Reddit on my iphone safari browser. Guess what? It's no longer accessible in safari! google forces you to use chrome to reach it. Google is breaking the internet.
If you get a .dev page then after a year it's going to not respond to https. it's will be only a google accelerated page only and only vailble by Ghttp protocol.
don't fall for it.
Some drink at the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle.
dev an advanced and new ad blocker.
Domestic spying is now "Benign Information Gathering"
Check them out:
:)
www.vim.dev
www.emacs.dev
I did not found this, read it somewhere
I would never trust Google to run my TLD. They are about as trustworthy as GoDaddy when it comes to respecting your personal rights.
When I tried to go to https://www.registry.google/re..., My Firefox browser froze up on me and I eventually had to hard kill it. What was google trying to inject into my machine before letting me sign up? Isn't tracking everything done through their .dev TLD good enough?