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0 pointskoolba6mo ago0 comments

> running a domain costs money. there's no way around that - it requires server resources to respond to dns queries, and that requires servers and electricity.

I guarantee you I can store and make available over DNS the less than 1 KiB of data for less than a penny a year.

Instead of free, charge a flat $1, put it in long term US treasuries at 5% / TIPS at 2.5% and you’ve covered your hosting costs forever. The principle will never need to be touched.

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notatoad6mo ago

okay, so why aren't you doing that. if you can offer domains for $1, you can undercut all the existing players by a huge margin. that's a big opportunity, no?

fruitworks6mo ago

You would need to pay the ICANN fief

eikenberry6mo ago

Everyone would get a subdomain and so you only need to pay for 1 TLD.. that's <$20US/year.

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