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Google Domains migration + Web frontend improvements |
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August 22nd, 2023 |
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I recently logged into Google Domains to change some minor DNS setting |
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and was greeted by this bullshit: "Google recently entered into an |
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agreement for Squarespace, Inc. to acquire all domain name registrations |
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from Google Domains, with the purchase subject to regulatory approval |
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and customary closing conditions. If the transaction closes, you will |
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become a Squarespace customer and, following a transition period, your |
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customer and billing information, if applicable, will be transferred to |
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Squarespace, at which point Squarespace's Privacy Policy and Terms of |
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Service will apply." |
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I received no email or any other communication about this, so I was |
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caught a bit off-guard... Squarespace is not a company I care to deal |
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with at all. Consequently I have transferred the zcrayfish.soy domain to |
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Hover (Tucows) as a registrar, and am using Linode as the DNS servers. |
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It has been a bit over 24 hours since I made the change, but I have |
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outrageously high TTL values set here, so it's possible (though not very |
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likely) that some breakage could occur. |
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Naturally being someone who has used Google since nearly the very |
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beginning, I am accustomed to them randomly shutting down services, |
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though as third or fourth (depending on who you ask) largest domain |
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registrar, I assumed they would have kept running for a while... Hell |
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they still have pending brand-new TLDs! |
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In other news, I have implemented a minor improvement to the web font- |
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end of the gopher server here... After determining that there is not one |
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web browser that respects user's dark mode and/or light mode preference |
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(most implement one or the other, but not both, and they do it BADLY), |
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I setup a page in which users can pick between three stylesheets. |
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The page can be viewed here |
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does alphabet, inc. secretly own squarespace? |
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Posted Wed Aug 23 07:44:15 UTC 2023 by anonymous |
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No |
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Posted Thu Feb 23 03:55:20 UTC 2024 by zcrayfish |
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anime |
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