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Google, and all other domain registrars, are obliged by ICANN to allow domain migrations in case that the original registrar is shutting down. Getting money fro

Google, and all other domain registrars, are obliged by ICANN to allow domain migrations in case that the original registrar is shutting down. Getting money from Squarespace is just icing on the cake. You're sounding that this is a decision that Google is doing voluntarily, but it's literally not an option here (for once). Also if they're still keeping the original Google system then it's believable that they are indeed just selling Google Domains, but the fact that all domains must be migrated into Squarespace's system tells a different story.

Alupis 3y ago
What point are you trying to make? Because it has nothing to do with my comment as far as I can tell.
- zinekeller 3y ago
  They are forced to sell it by their contracts with ICANN - this is not a decision that they have done voluntarily. If they can legally shut down Domains they would have done it. Sure, in any other contexts, selling Stadia customers to Microsoft or Nvidia (for example) would be a voluntary decision, however they are barred from just shutting down this one. They can even shut down Gmail or YouTube with no legal repercussions (sure their reputation will suffer but legally it's in the clear), but Domains is in a different legal standing.
  - Alupis 3y ago
    They sold it for a reported $180 Million[1] While chump change to the likes of Google, it demonstrates Squarespace views this business as highly profitable. Migrating an acquired business into your systems makes a lot of sense. Unless you have some evidence it would have been just simply shut down otherwise, I think you're inferring things that do not exist. Few if any of the other "shut down by google" operations could have sold for anywhere near this amount, as they almost universally lost money and/or were niche. [1] https://www.theregister.com/2023/06/18/google_domains_shutting_down/#:~:text=Deal%20involving%20millions%20of%20domain%20names%20reportedly%20hits%20%24180%20million&text=Google%20has%20sold%20off%20Google,be%20looked%20after%20by%20Squarespace https://www.theregister.com/2023/06/18/google_domains_shutti....
    - zinekeller 3y ago
      And they're also shutt- I mean deprecated their enterprise version? (https://cloud.google.com/domains/docs/deprecations/feature-deprecations https://cloud.google.com/domains/docs/deprecations/feature-d...) That doesn't sound like "oh, we're selling this because it's valuable money" but more of "we don't have the energy to maintain this".

Alupis 3y ago

What point are you trying to make? Because it has nothing to do with my comment as far as I can tell.

zinekeller 3y ago
They are forced to sell it by their contracts with ICANN - this is not a decision that they have done voluntarily. If they can legally shut down Domains they would have done it. Sure, in any other contexts, selling Stadia customers to Microsoft or Nvidia (for example) would be a voluntary decision, however they are barred from just shutting down this one. They can even shut down Gmail or YouTube with no legal repercussions (sure their reputation will suffer but legally it's in the clear), but Domains is in a different legal standing.
- Alupis 3y ago
  They sold it for a reported $180 Million[1] While chump change to the likes of Google, it demonstrates Squarespace views this business as highly profitable. Migrating an acquired business into your systems makes a lot of sense. Unless you have some evidence it would have been just simply shut down otherwise, I think you're inferring things that do not exist. Few if any of the other "shut down by google" operations could have sold for anywhere near this amount, as they almost universally lost money and/or were niche. [1] https://www.theregister.com/2023/06/18/google_domains_shutting_down/#:~:text=Deal%20involving%20millions%20of%20domain%20names%20reportedly%20hits%20%24180%20million&text=Google%20has%20sold%20off%20Google,be%20looked%20after%20by%20Squarespace https://www.theregister.com/2023/06/18/google_domains_shutti....
  - zinekeller 3y ago
    And they're also shutt- I mean deprecated their enterprise version? (https://cloud.google.com/domains/docs/deprecations/feature-deprecations https://cloud.google.com/domains/docs/deprecations/feature-d...) That doesn't sound like "oh, we're selling this because it's valuable money" but more of "we don't have the energy to maintain this".