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Never buy .xyz (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by HumanPerson@sh.itjust.works to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I just wanted to post this here because I want to help you all and hurt gen.xyz as much as possible. I had a .xyz domain through njal.la which I used to host jellyfin, homeassistant, and other basic things for friends and family. My domain recently became inaccessible without any notice. After a while of troubleshooting, I found that it had been reported to xyz as abuse, and they must have done zero investigation whatsoever before serverholding my domain. I thought about opening a ticket with xyz to get my domain back, but realized that I no longer wish to buy from some shitty company that will take down any site without warning. Bought a .com domain since they are somewhat reputable, and I would advise everyone here to never buy a .xyz domain. Angry rant over.

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[–] peskywarrior@lemmy.world 100 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (15 children)

Just wanted to say in case others see this, you can buy a .xyz domain from reputable places (maybe for a higher cost). I believe the OP is talking about the specific site 'gen.xyz'.

I have an xyz domain with Cloudflare, host many things on it (like Jellyfin), and haven't had any issues yet.

Edit: as many have pointed out, my understanding of registrars was wrong and gen.xyz actually owns all xyz tlds. Sleep in fear if you own one I suppose

[–] danhab99@programming.dev 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

How expensive can "reputable" be. I got danhab99.xyz for like ¯⁠\⁠(⁠°⁠_⁠o⁠)⁠/⁠¯ $20/year?? Who cares

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Namecheap is reputable and WAY cheaper than that. Been using them for years.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

This is all news to me. I thought .xyz was owned by Google after they became Alphabet and had that ABC.XYZ site years ago.

Love when I see stuff like this and get to learn something new

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