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Can't say I'm fond of their '///word1.word2.word3' notation. Why couldn't they just use a URI scheme?

• datfrojo 6y ago
  To me that’s clear. Firstly most of their target audience has no knowledge of what a URI scheme is and only care about the three words. Secondly would be the branding ///x.y.z is subjectively better branding then w3w://x.y.z
  • contravariant 6y ago
    I must admit that I don't really care much for how marketable their notation is.
    • Nextgrid 6y ago
      Their whole "business model" (in quotes because thankfully it doesn't seem to be anywhere near profitable) is to convince naive people that they're the good guys helping emergency services locate people, that their system is flawless and that they're the first to solve this "problem" so they can then rent-seek from GPS/mapping developers once enough idiots swear by this system and start demanding it as a feature.
    • SamBam 6y ago
      The only reason we're talking about them is how marketable they have managed to be.