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Not everyone has a PO Box, they cost actual real money. Not everyone has a public/business phone number, those cost actual real money. Requiring another phone n
by freehunter 8y ago
Not everyone has a PO Box, they cost actual real money. Not everyone has a public/business phone number, those cost actual real money. Requiring another phone number and a PO Box means domains go from costing $10/year to $250/year.
You can allow people to contact an owner without giving out their information. Craigslist does it.
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- lloyddobbler 8y agoNot everyone has a domain name, they cost actual real money. The question comes down to: is owning a domain like owning a computer (a commodity)? Or is owning a domain more akin to owning a phone (landline), or real estate, or a business? If the former, privacy should generally be assumed by default. If the latter, I think it's worth questioning whether it should be. To your point, the price doesn't escalate to $250/yr. It escalates to $10/year plus ~$2-5/yr for privacy protection. That's what we've been talking about this whole time - SHOULD you have to pay a premium for an "unlisted number"? Luckily for those concerned with privacy, companies like Namecheap, Google, Namesilo, and a few others are now offering this by default, making that discussion irrelevant.
- kinsomo 8y ago> Not everyone has a public/business phone number, those cost actual real money No. Google Voice numbers are free, I use one as the throwaway phone number for my personal domains. https://www.google.com/voice https://www.google.com/voice
- corobo 8y agoI do similar - cheap burner phone number attached to a voicemail. I'll check the voicemail occasionally so it's a legit whois record but it's only ever people trying to sell web design services