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They also block all .xyz links. This is why I spent the extra money on a .org
by bkallus 5y ago
They also block all .xyz links. This is why I spent the extra money on a .org
- dheera 5y agoI thought .com .net .org are the cheapest ... They're like $9 on NameCheap and I think I've seen $3 elsewhere
- Thorrez 5y agoNamecheap says .xyz is $1 for the first year.
- bkallus 5y agoI thought .org was more expensive than .xyz for the name I was looking for. Could be wrong.
- duskwuff 5y agoA lot of registrars were offering .xyz domains at fire-sale promotional prices (like, $1 for the first year, or outright free with the purchase of another domain). This made them extremely popular with spammers. The same goes for a lot of other new gTLDs.
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- Rizz50 5y agoThis is wild because I just saw an article about xyz on techcrunch. I even checked Spamhaus and they have a lower score than .com in spam. Im weary of these outdated filters than block new gtlds because they're new and automatically considered bad.
- sofixa 5y agoReally depends on the domain - a short(ish) word or name combo won't be, and many .com, .net, .org domains are already taken. My personal blog is on .me ( Montenegro), the .com is parked and advertised at $4k, the .net is taken but unused and the .org is taken and used.
- dheera 5y agoOh, that's just because there are some hoarders and squatters on some .com domains who aren't doing anything with the resource and just want to make some money without doing real work. The $4k isn't really the actual price of registration though, that's only a few bucks.
- ncfausti 5y agoWait, what…How is that legal?
- VWWHFSfQ 5y agoit's not true
- bkallus 5y agoNo. It's true. I have T-Mobile, and I cannot send .xyz links over SMS. If you have T-Mobile, this is easy to verify: text yourself "abc.xyz" (or any other .xyz link) The message will show as sent but not received. If you text yourself any uncensored link, it will show as sent and received.
- DJBunnies 5y agoProbably the same type of agreement that permits them to block spam calls on your behalf, deep inside the EULA.
- pxeger1 5y agoWhy would it be illegal? T-Mobile is a private company, and they can do what they like. (whether they should...)
- paulpauper 5y agowhat other ones do they block?
- userbinator 5y agoRelated article: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28554400 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28554400
- SahAssar 5y agoDoes it block https://abc.xyz/ https://abc.xyz/ ?