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It was. I had domains in ~2000 or so. And even then, many registrars then provided DNS servers, e-mail forwarding, web forwarding, etc.

• eropple 13y ago
  That's easy for a moderately to highly technical person. The problem tseabrooks identified is exactly that it's not easy for everybody else--especially when that everyone else doesn't have a lens through which to view the potential problem.
  • scholia 13y ago
    Context: It's not so easy for everybody, but it's actually not hard. It's well within the capabilities of the average HN reader...
    • eropple 13y ago
      Fixing the problem for "the average HN reader" doesn't fix the problem.
      • scholia 13y ago
        True, but this was an HN post. It wasn't about everybody.