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Why would they want to break or redirect thousands (millions?) of existing links and confuse many non tech people who get redirected to a .us site? Sure it mig
by res0nat0r 12y ago
Why would they want to break or redirect thousands (millions?) of existing links and confuse many non tech people who get redirected to a .us site?
Sure it might make us on HN feel good that .com does not equal USA and we are the center of the world, but it would make little sense otherwise.
- sp332 12y agoWell, it would stop confusing the other 2 billion people on the internet that aren't in the USA.
- res0nat0r 12y agoI think the crowd here over estimates how tech savvy everyone else is, or whom actually are aware of the .us domain, and also care enough to think it should redirect there.
- sp332 12y agoBut we already see that non-tech-savvy people go to Amazon.com from the UK and expect to be able to buy things that they can't buy. Having a .us domain would be less confusing, for most of the people on the internet.
- TheSpiceIsLife 12y agoIf you visit the amazon.com site from outside the US it should tell you you're visiting the US store and recommend you visit the local site in your country with a button that looks like your country's flag.