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Random idea: we could create a .tube domain to disseminate the idea that YouTube doesn't need to be the only video platform around.

• wizzwizz4 6y ago
  https://wiki.opennic.org/opennic/creating_new_tlds https://wiki.opennic.org/opennic/creating_new_tlds
  • wizzwizz4 6y ago
    Seeing as ICANN already has tube. , it's unlikely that that would be allowed.
    • fomine3 6y ago
      What about .lcd .oled for next gen?
• edrxty 6y ago
  Create it and before opening it publicly, squat you.tube and make it randomly redirect to any other registered domain.
  • judge2020 6y ago
    Would probably violate trademark law and icann would make you give it up. I guess if you go opennic or use a different alternative root they might not care about court-ordered domain forfeitures.
    • edrxty 6y ago
      You could probably get away with never releasing it and just leave it null.
      • haolez 6y ago
        Or simply hand you.tube to YouTube. Why not? :)
        • edrxty 6y ago
          Where's the fun in that
          • sprkwd 6y ago
            Put Adblock on it and JS out all the comments.
    • amelius 6y ago
      Not if what you show isn't the primary market of YouTube.
  • drvdevd 6y ago
    YouTube using you.tube would lend credence to the rest of the .tube TLD actually.
  • judge2020 6y ago
    This is already a gtld: https://icannwiki.org/.tube https://icannwiki.org/.tube
  • bberenberg 6y ago
    It was registered in 2016 by MarkMonitor. My guess is that YouTube already owns it.
• analyte123 6y ago
  This already exists, e.g. invidious.tube (YouTube proxy instance) or wago.tube (PeerTube instance).