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You pay for domains so it's not all that different.
by themihai 10y ago
You pay for domains so it's not all that different.
- LittlePeter 10y agoyou do not pay for dns queries
- themihai 10y agoYou still pay for writes(i.e. domain registration). You can argue that DNS and domain registration are different things but in reallity they are inter-dependent so there is still a cost and the system is "owned" by several entities(i.e. ICANN)
- pif 10y agoNo! You pay only to register, but reading is free.
- themihai 10y agowhat's the difference? On DNS you pay for the "writes" so DNS is not free either.
- PeCaN 10y agoWhat3Words is free for writes (presumably it's generated from an algorithm and there aren't really "writes") and you pay for reads. Kind of a big difference. With DNS you only have to pay if you want a domain. I can freely do a DNS query to resolve "flamingmongoosefarts.com", but with What3Words I (might not) be able to freely determine where flaming.mongoose.farts is.
- themihai 10y agoDNS query is free because someone pays for the domain registration and your DNS queries(DNS queries/servers cost too). I can see how What3Words could charge the address owner a fee for its address to be licensed publicly just like the domain registration publishes your NS records as long as the maintenance fee is paid. Tbh I must admit that they are slightly different scenarios because the domain name registration is slightly distributed but my point is that public DNS/Domain registration is neither free nor open. They are controlled by various entities/corporations so they are not the best examples.