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

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634 points RVRX | 4 comments | 17 Apr 25 00:55 UTC | HN request time: 0.612s | 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. SkyeCA ◴[17 Apr 25 04:38 UTC] No.43713171[source]▶
> But why put your brand at the mercy of a government like that?

I tend to trust my government (Canada) and I appreciate that WHOIS information is hidden by default for .ca domains. I live here and always will so it seems fit to use the national TLD for representing myself and my work.

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2. varun_ch ◴[17 Apr 25 06:43 UTC] No.43713785[source]▶
same here with .ch! I trust Switzerland’s stability way more than I’d trust any business or country. I’m not actually sure if there’s any ccTLD more trustworthy. (yes I know that the TLD is ‘managed’ by a private company but still)
3. tephra ◴[17 Apr 25 09:58 UTC] No.43714791[source]▶
IIRC CIRA who is the delegated ccTLD manager of .ca is not a government entity (this is quite common in the ccTLD space actually, a lot of ccTLD are being managed by foundations or non-profits).
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4. wlonkly ◴[18 Apr 25 02:30 UTC] No.43724376[source]▶
They're not, they're a (refreshingly transparent) non-profit -- but the government has the ability to reassign management of .ca to another organization as they wish.