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This decision has trashed Google’s brand and whoever made it should be fired. It’s not that Google domains is particularly important, but Google’s reputation fo
by zarzavat 3y ago
This decision has trashed Google’s brand and whoever made it should be fired. It’s not that Google domains is particularly important, but Google’s reputation for untrustworthiness in the consumer space has now metastasized to their cloud business. People were willing to give Google the benefit of the doubt before, that they would not treat business customers the same as consumers. Now they aren’t.
- dcow 3y agoI mean I’d even argue that Google domains is important in terms of making the product a seamless experience when using GCP (and generally just carving out Google as being part fundamental internet infrastructure). I wouldn’t underestimate how much a small QoL thing like having one company as both your registrar and cloud service provider can impact the choice of which otherwise commodity service to use. Not having to do a bunch of domain verification BS for every new piece of infrastructure is (was) a pretty awesome experience. Sure you can have an MBA look at the situation and ask “Do we really need a registrar? The other cloud providers don’t have one and look at their margins”. So what this really signals to me is that Google has lost all capacity to be forward thinking, trendy and innovative. And without that (and thus a general relevance as a tech company), what is Google?
- dtech 3y agoAWS definitely has a domain registrar, although I believe they subcontract. Azure subcontracts to GoDaddy. Both still provide the service.
- explaininjs 3y agoAre you sure? This (sourced) comment claimed the opposite: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37456916 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37456916
- CharlieDigital 3y agoI'm a big time proponent of Google Cloud because I believe that they've done a few things particularly well in their overall architecture that others have gotten wrong. But this decision rubs me the wrong way because there's a deep integration with several of the services that allow connecting an external domain. The verification of domain ownership with Google purchased domains was effectively seamless and aligned with this overall architecture principle of Stuff That Just Makes Sense. I still think that GCP is a great platform to build on, but the problem now is that they've further tarnished their image to other stakeholders who have a say in the platform decision making process.
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- the88doctor 3y ago"I wouldn't underestimate how... having one company as both your registrar and cloud service provider can impact the choice of which otherwise commodity service to use." THIS. Even if I'm just spinning up a simple blog, unless I'm buying a premium domain name, I'm gonna buy it on Bluehost instead of a cheaper registrar like Namecheap just to avoid the few minutes of work and few hours of wait time to link that domain with another hosting service.
- joezydeco 3y agoI'm a paying Workspace customer, running a domain for my family. I reallllly don't want to migrate off but with each passing month I'm growing more and more nervous. What are my alternatives besides Office365?
- ccakes 3y agohttps://www.fastmail.com/ https://www.fastmail.com/ Have been a customer for years, great service run by humans.
- angrygoat 3y ago+1 on fastmail, I've been nothing but happy with their service.
- hdjfkfbfbr 3y agoAlso on fastmail. Good service.
- snuxoll 3y agoBeen using Zoho services for my family after I got tired of fighting with spam reputation when self-hosting.
- politelemon 3y agoOffice 365 is decent overall, good value for money so it's still worth considering. With rough edges. Zoho is an alternative, can do custom domains, website hosting, email, productivity suite.
- nytesky 3y agoI thought O365 no longer offered custom domains?
- connordoner 3y ago