| ▲ | dtgriscom 6 days ago |
| I always assumed that Zoom reacted to security/privacy concerns about its association with China by getting a "*.us" domain that sounded very United States. |
|
| ▲ | zeristor 6 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| Maybe it’s just simple word play of “Zoom us” as in call us. As opposed to “Zoom me” which might be just for one person rather than group chat. |
| |
| ▲ | mikedelfino 6 days ago | parent [-] | | Do English speakers pronounce .us domains as dot us instead of dot u s? | | |
| ▲ | williamscales 6 days ago | parent | next [-] | | It would only be pronounced as "uhhss" as part of a domain hack. Otherwise "you ess". Source: am from USA. | | | |
| ▲ | Ylpertnodi 6 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Dot yoo ess.
Source: am European. | | |
| ▲ | KineticLensman 6 days ago | parent [-] | | Me too: 'you ess' (British) | | |
| ▲ | pasc1878 6 days ago | parent | next [-] | | Noting that we British would always call our country "you kay" so .us would be derived from that. I suspect similar reasoning from Europe. | |
| ▲ | wyclif 6 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | I also say 'dot you ess' and I was born in the USA. |
|
| |
| ▲ | 6 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | [deleted] |
|
|
|
| ▲ | jsheard 6 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| AFAICT they've used that domain since day one, so probably not. |
