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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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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. ryan29 ◴[17 Apr 25 16:26 UTC] No.43719091[source]▶
It's going to be interesting to see what they do. One of the core arguments when claiming the domain industry enjoys a competitive market is that switching costs are bearable and that switching TLDs is an option if registries increase prices too much.

So ICANN has a non-trivial choice to make. Either they maintain the position that switching costs are bearable and let .io disappear, or they admit that TLD switching is impossible and save .io, which will make it hard to argue the threat of (registrants) TLD switching keeps the industry competitive.

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2. immibis ◴[18 Apr 25 10:42 UTC] No.43726740[source]▶
Fortunately, ICANN is based in America, where there's no law that markets have to be fair or that you can't lie.