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In developing countries at least it seems like it could be a really big deal. When a daily wage is $5 USD, making a domain $0.99 is much more friendly and encou
by warent 5y ago
In developing countries at least it seems like it could be a really big deal. When a daily wage is $5 USD, making a domain $0.99 is much more friendly and encouraging, the difference of two days wages vs. a fifth of a day
- WatchDog 5y agoThere are loads of free DNS services that hand out subdomains at no cost.
- ev1 5y agoFree subdomains and domains out of your control like tk/cf/ga are somewhat different from a full domain subject to registrar rules.
- toast0 5y agoI've seen some cc TLDs with a USD price for foreign buyers and a local currency price for local buyers where the foreign price converts to 10x the local price.
- mike_d 5y agoThe .xyz registry is under no obligation to you to continue your registration. In a year they could refuse renewals and reregister (at no cost) the domains to themselves.
- ev1 5y agoThe counterpoint to this is that it's exactly the same for free domains and free subdomains but you get even less rights/privileges/whatever
- ttty2 5y agoWhich countries have these salaries? I often notice these countries have almost no network connectivity.
- ipaddr 5y ago.onion domains are free.
- warent 5y agoYes... in the same way that you can set up a street food cart in the middle of nowhere without needing special permits. But good luck making any kind of meaningful change in your life with that unless your food cart happens to sell meth