Time to migrate I guess.
remote_dev ( @remote_dev@programming.dev ) 12•1 year agoGoogle 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?
darth ( @darth@programming.dev ) 11•1 year agoAs 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.
Josh ( @josh@talk.jleb.dev ) 6•1 year ago@darth @Mustafaalbazy The only thing stopping me from migrating off of gmail is all of the websites and services that don’t let you change your email address
stderr ( @stderr@programming.dev ) 1•1 year agoSetup forwarding rules and change the ones you can
𝕊𝕚𝕤𝕪𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕟 ( @sisyphean@programming.dev ) 1•1 year agoI did it 2 years ago and never regretted it. I use Migadu, a small provider with very reasonable prices.
JackbyDev ( @JackbyDev@programming.dev ) 9•1 year agoThis is really upsetting. Google Domains was so streamlined and simple.
G0ldenSp00n ( @G0ldenSp00n@lemmy.jacaranda.club ) 9•1 year agoThis is so annoying, can Google not do anything? Why do they keep killing products like this.
Seems like they want to focus more on AI, IoT and smartphones.
jmk1ng ( @jmk1ng@programming.dev ) 7•1 year agoGoogle 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?
felixthehat ( @felixthehat@programming.dev ) 2•1 year agoI can only imagine it’s because of the burden of google having to do tech support, not really their forte
silas ( @silas@programming.dev ) 7•1 year agoDang that’s sad to hear, I’ve gone with Google Domains mainly because it’s so easy to share access for billing, etc. with other Google Accounts like my clients’ for example
Nick Wood ( @doowkcin@programming.dev ) 6•1 year agoAh man, this sucks. Google Domains was really good too.
AArun ( @AArun@programming.dev ) 4•1 year agoAny recommendations on who to use going forward Or do you think it will be the same after squarespace takes over?
dan ( @dan@upvote.au ) 9•1 year agoI really like Porkbun, and they tend to be one of the cheapest registrars. They have US-based phone support too. Phone support is becoming less common with cheaper registrars.
You can use tld-list.com to compare prices.
Pretty much all good registrars support free WHOIS privacy (especially if you’re in Europe as redacting personal data in WHOIS is basically mandated by GDPR), and DNSSEC support is also widespread.
AArun ( @AArun@programming.dev ) English1•1 year agoThank you. I really appreciate it. I’ll take a look.
jmk1ng ( @jmk1ng@programming.dev ) 5•1 year agoI’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.
𝕊𝕚𝕤𝕪𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕟 ( @sisyphean@programming.dev ) 4•1 year agoI’ve had very good experiences with Namecheap. Highly recommended.
ddnomad ( @ddnomad@infosec.pub ) English1•1 year agoUntil their system shits itself and you need to contact support. Then it’s absolutely horrendous.
Still use them though, they are fine.
dan ( @dan@upvote.au ) English2•1 year agoNot sure if it’s still the case, but they used to be a reseller for a lot of TLDs (I think via eNom), rather than directly selling the domains themselves. It caused issues with slow support since you’d open a ticket with them, then they’d have to open a ticket with their upstream provider and relay any replies. It was a pain.
𝕊𝕚𝕤𝕪𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕟 ( @sisyphean@programming.dev ) English1•1 year agoI’m sorry to hear their support is terrible, I recommended them to many people. What is a better alternative?
ddnomad ( @ddnomad@infosec.pub ) English4•1 year agoI mean, I still use them, mostly because I do not see a strong enough reason to transfer my domains, given how much of a pita that would be.
I’ve heard good things about Gandi, but it’s not my first hand experience so wouldn’t vouch for that. GoDaddy looks fancy but I remember from a while ago they were really into upselling on bloody everything, which is annoying.
So at the end of a day, NameCheap kinda works fine :)
Berserker ( @Berserker@programming.dev ) English2•1 year agoTruth. GD charges for SSL for fucks sake.
Josh ( @josh@talk.jleb.dev ) 2•1 year agoI don’t know if it’s better, but I use iwantmyname and porkbun for domains.
Neither of them have shutdown and sold to squarespace out of the blue, so that’s a plus.
elgordio ( @elgordio@kbin.social ) 2•1 year agoI can recommend gandi.net. Been using them for well over a decade with a good experience.
Ryfi ( @Ryfi@kbin.social ) 4•1 year agoGandi was bought out recently. Increasing prices and removing lots of features soon…
name.com is really a solid choice, I have used them for over 15 years now, but they are definitely not cheap.
Paul ( @borojetski@techhub.social ) 1•1 year ago@AArun @Mustafaalbazy I have no loyalty to any of these companies. Whatever is the cheapest and has a decent reputation. I use porkbun, cheap and though I had to call customer service to work out the payment, getting through to a human was easy enough.
neil ( @ndotb@programming.dev ) 2•1 year agoAny news on who’s going to own their commercial tlds like .dev and .app?
elint ( @elint@programming.dev ) 3•1 year agoI would assume Google still. https://registry.google is a registry. https://domains.google is a registrar. They are selling off their registrar business to Squarespace. No word about changes to the registry business.
dan ( @dan@startrek.website ) 1•1 year agoI’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.
name.com is a good choice to consider, but they are more expensive than google domains.