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Ask HN: Is there any reason why I shouldn't get a .dev domain?

by illusiveman on 8/7/2024, 10:28:54 PM with 3 comments
Even though my three characters name is not that common, its .com is taken so I'm looking for alternatives.

I can get abc.dev though, it's available in Namecheap for example. But my concern is, is .dev reliable? I know that past year Google sold the domains business, in fact, I moved some other domains I had registered in Google to a different registrar, so, as Google was (is?) the owner of .dev, I would like to know whether there are some reliability issues now like poor performance, spam, etc.

  • by gnabgib on 8/7/2024, 11:35:31 PM

    Somewhat related ask Are .dev domains worth anything? (5 points, 2 days ago, 7 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41163433

  • by JSDevOps on 8/7/2024, 11:09:24 PM

    What do you mean poor performance?

  • by lofaszvanitt on 8/7/2024, 11:33:04 PM

    doesn't matter what domain you own.