top | item 33929246 (no title) warbler73 | 3 years ago > domain extensions like .dev and .app are owned by GoogleWhy are domain extensions like .dev and .app owned by Google? discuss order hn newest yencabulator|3 years ago Because ICANN will give a gTLD to anyone who pays them enough. warbler73|3 years ago Any gTLD whatsoever owned by some for profit corporation is not acceptable. load replies (2) blululu|3 years ago ICANN allows anyone to create a domain. You need to pay a bunch of fees to register it and service it but it is not that much. In this case I believe Google created these domains for internal tools and they have owned them ever since. toast0|3 years ago You also need a time machine as they're not currently accepting applications.
yencabulator|3 years ago Because ICANN will give a gTLD to anyone who pays them enough. warbler73|3 years ago Any gTLD whatsoever owned by some for profit corporation is not acceptable. load replies (2)
warbler73|3 years ago Any gTLD whatsoever owned by some for profit corporation is not acceptable. load replies (2)
blululu|3 years ago ICANN allows anyone to create a domain. You need to pay a bunch of fees to register it and service it but it is not that much. In this case I believe Google created these domains for internal tools and they have owned them ever since. toast0|3 years ago You also need a time machine as they're not currently accepting applications.
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