| ▲ | dijit 7 hours ago | |
I'm still seething about `.dev`. For those not in the know, Google lobbied ICANN to get the name and in their application they stated (repeatedly) that the intent was to buy it so that it could be reserved; as .dev was already used by developers and if someone bought it for commercial purposes it would harm the developer community.[0] .... they then proceeded to start selling them. Leading to all kinds of issues, the exact issues that they raised... https://github.com/basecamp/pow/issues/397 https://github.com/laravel/valet/issues/433 https://danielbachhuber.com/switch-laravel-valet-from-dev-to... https://community.localwp.com/t/dev-domain-doesnt-work/4277 https://forums.theregister.com/forum/all/2017/11/29/google_d... [0]: https://gtldresult.icann.org/applicationstatus/applicationde... | ||
| ▲ | akerl_ 20 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | |
Your linked icann doc is huge, but from skimming it the top portions seem to describe google’s intent to use it themselves for hosting their own projects and services. | ||
| ▲ | denkmoon an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
Same. An I use .lan internally. I'm tilted. | ||
| ▲ | xd1936 an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Didn't know this history. Thanks for educating me. | ||