The registrar relying on Google Safe Browsing as a “trigger” for suspension is the most horrifying thing I’ve seen in a while. This basically makes the entire TLD unviable for serious use.

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mzajc 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

.online is one of the many TLDs that charge a dollar for registration but bump the price to $30-$35 for renewal. So far, this seems like a good signal to tell apart serious TLDs and ones just preying on customers who sort by cheapest (or capitalizing on one-off phishing domains).

	▲	volkercraig 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I had a .fun domain that I was using to host a small project and they pulled that on me, I just let it expire and killed the project.

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RHSeeger 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The followup from that would appear to be don't use any domain that Radix controls.

	▲	fc417fc802 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		More generally, I think it's advisable to prefer the ccTLDs of places that are politically stable. And (IMO) to view com/net/org as defacto US ccTLDs (technically they aren't but for all practical purposes they might as well be).
	▲	holysoles 6 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Yeah this doesnt seem like a unique or new issue: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40195410

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mcoliver 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This is the real story. This is 100% a problem with Radix. Safe browsing targets the website not the domain. No reason a registrar should be suspending an entire account over something a company reports. Black-holing the A and CNAMEs on a subdomain? Maybe..... But even then I don't think it's the registrars place to do that. Freezing the entire account? Absolutely not.

	▲	NewJazz 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Blackholing the a and cnames would prevent getting off the safe browsing list, as mentioned in the blog post.

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WmWsjA6B29B4nfk 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Who said serious use is their business model though.

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NewJazz 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Registry, not registrar

	▲	iamnothere 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Thanks, yes, even worse! The registry should act on only legal orders IMHO.