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Zoom outage caused by accidental 'shutting down' of the zoom.us domain

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634 points RVRX | 2 comments | 17 Apr 25 00:55 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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ajdude ◴[17 Apr 25 01:53 UTC] No.43712307[source]▶
A few years ago I had a .us TLD. I eventually decided that I probably shouldn't be reliant on a country code for my domain, it's the same reason why I don't use .io

I'm not saying that this couldn't have happened with a gTLD But why put your brand at the mercy of a government like that?

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1. omcnoe ◴[17 Apr 25 02:27 UTC] No.43712517[source]▶
Zoom are already at the mercy of the government by virtue of being incorporated in the US, and having the majority of their staff there. "Generic" TLD's like .com come under US purview also anyway.
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2. deepsun ◴[17 Apr 25 03:14 UTC] No.43712750[source]▶
.us is more special, e.g. the owner should be a US entity, and must be public (Private Domain functionality is disabled for .us).