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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.
See here for an explanation: https://security.googleblog.co...
TL;DR is the entire TLD is on the HSTS preload list.
Cyde Weys Musings - Scrutinizing the inscrutable
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.