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Here's my take:

The domain aftermarket has a big problem... it exists. This market shouldn't ever be allowed to exist in the first place. ICANN should've blocked this bullshit a long time ago and forced registrars to just let domains expire and free the space. Also add a few provisions about unused domain names and about selling them.

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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip -5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is way to ranty. If you don't like your domain provider get a new one. Additionally there are effectively a infinite amount of domain names so you can just buy one that is still cheap.

[–] TCB13@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hey, I'm not the one who typed it... but it's annoying to see when a name you want is taken on all the major tlds because registrars are holding domains in hopes of selling them.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip -2 points 2 years ago

That's fair but you can always choose something similar