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Google Domains has been sold to Squarespace and all the domains are going to transfer over to there.

Thanks for ruining my vacation, Google.

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[–] jeena@jemmy.jeena.net 5 points 1 year ago

At least they don't just shut it down like with other things.

[–] wifienyabledcat@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

what the fuck all my domains were on Google Domains. Maaaan.

Is there a registrar people recommend?

I've been using Porkbun. It's cheap and provides all of the TLDs I need.

[–] UltimoGato@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I just moved a domain to Google Domains last month. Yaaay

I transferred mine to cloudflare who does not charge any markup.

[–] solberg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

I’ve also got all of my domains in Porkbun. I don’t use their nameservers though. I usually use cloudflare for that, so you could look into them, too.

[–] Gal_Tapioca@u.fail 3 points 1 year ago

it's yet another proof that google can't be trusted when it comes to the continuity of their products. I've been fooled many times, but now and forever it's a no-go.

[–] briongloid@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

That's actually surprising, I've used Google Domains & Sites and although they weren't the cheapest, they where the most accessible.

[–] 777@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

And no mention of what happens to their API but knowing google it either goes away entirely or totally changes with significant rework required.

Related, the reason I no longer use any google API: https://steve-yegge.medium.com/dear-google-cloud-your-deprecation-policy-is-killing-you-ee7525dc05dc

[–] sirbrialliance@diggit.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

FYI, you can register domains through Cloudflare, who doesn't add anything to the underlying fees.

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's so crazy to me but that's Google for you.

[–] HisNoodlyServant@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

How Sundar still has a job is mind boggling. So many failures and obvious mismanagement.

[–] mrks@mastodon.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can someone give me a ELI5 for why that is bad and people are planning on migrating away to other services?

[–] fluffman86@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I have 15-20 domains with Google so it'll be a pain to manage something else. Even if I can't trust Google's privacy or product continuity, I do trust Google's security and have multi factor enabled already, so having my domains protected by them is a great thing. I'm pretty much always logged into my Google account on my PC so it's one fewer account to manage.

Squarespace is probably fine, but I bought my first domains through a web builder and web host years ago and they slowly raised prices and reduced features until I had to leave them and moved to Google.

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