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

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634 points RVRX | 1 comments | 17 Apr 25 00:55 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | 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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jsheard ◴[17 Apr 25 01:58 UTC] No.43712339[source]▶
> it's the same reason why I don't use .io

Dodged a bullet there given that .io is at risk of being discontinued altogether. It hasn't been decided yet, but better to not have that dangling over your head.

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1. xp84 ◴[17 Apr 25 06:56 UTC] No.43713860[source]▶
You can bet it wouldn't be actually discontinued, but you can bet when/if the UK gives away the island to Mauritius or whatever, they'll lease the rights to the highest bidder, and those people will be free to extort everyone with a valuable .io domain.