@aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works
Post #3999270
2026-07-14 06:39 UTC
They are theoretically making mountains of cash from the situation however
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@IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz 2026-07-14 06:47
Theoretically, yes. But .me domains are pretty cheap, ~10$/year from Joker and likely even cheaper elsewhere.
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@cardfire@sh.itjust.works 2026-07-14 07:05
To my knowledge, they peered with other registrars and hosts to manage the vending. At least, in 2008 ish they partnered almost exclusively with Apple (for their MobileMe cloud and email services issuing everyone dotME addresses) and GoDaddy. I think others had to resell somehow through them? But I could be mistaken on that detail. Domain squatting was a very profitable scourge on the internet back before all the obvious names were brought up , but it was one of the few popular TLD’s to gain any real traction with consumers until dotAI.