Time to migrate I guess.

  • @jmk1ng@programming.dev
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    51 year ago

    Google shutting down Google Domains is honestly baffling.

    If domains aren’t a pure profit center for a cloud hosting company then what is? How does selling the business to Squarespace (?!?!?!) of all companies not do serious brand damage to Google in this space?

  • @remote_dev@programming.dev
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    31 year ago

    Google holding true on it’s promise to sunset any decent product that doesn’t immediately grant them the same success as their ad business, utter shit news.

    I guess I might as well migrate ahead of time so the sites I run don’t shit the bed when google inevitably screws up the migration process. Anyone have experience with squarespace domain hosting?

    • b000urns
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      11 year ago

      I just recently finished transferring a bunch of domains TOO Google Domain, now I’m going to have do it all again lol. Wondering what the closest alternative is…

  • darth
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    31 year ago

    As usual, Google doesn’t disappoint by fucking things up for everyone. I’ve been meaning to migrate off of GMail for a while, this is yet another signal to do so.

    • @kakes@sh.itjust.works
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      11 year ago

      I imagine this move in particular may be related to the recent antitrust movement against them in the EU.

  • JackbyDev
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    21 year ago

    This is really upsetting. Google Domains was so streamlined and simple.

  • Nick Wood
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    21 year ago

    Ah man, this sucks. Google Domains was really good too.

  • @dan@startrek.website
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    11 year ago

    I’d love to hear where people are going. I’m still trying to decide. Squarespace looks like it might be expensive when I have to renew.

    I’ve also been using Google Domains email forwarding, and I’m trying to find a good alternative.

  • AArun
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    01 year ago

    Any recommendations on who to use going forward Or do you think it will be the same after squarespace takes over?

    • @jmk1ng@programming.dev
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      11 year ago

      I’ve been using a combo of Namecheap and Gandi.net depending on which TLDs each support.

      I’ve been planning on consolidating everything on Google Domains… but my laziness seems almost prescient now.

  • @themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.works
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    01 year ago

    Ah fuck. The best value add of google domains is that you can set email aliases (including *@domain) and redirect them to your own adresses. Guess I’m gonna have to roll my own relay.

    • @huck@lemmy.nz
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      11 year ago

      Pretty sure Cloudflare offers this if you use their DNS. Both bits are free and you can use them, or any other registrar with it.