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TLDs like .google and .microsoft really makes me think about how ridiculously gigantic those companies really are. They're so big they got their own freaking TLD.

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[–] radiouser@crazypeople.online 1 points 25 minutes ago

Can a moron get some context? I don't know much about internet or TLD... I'd ask AI but I want the right answer lol.

[–] OfficeMonkey@lemmy.today 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

"Well actually..." I understand that some of the large companies are leveraging it to ease filtering for customers. No one wants to block all .com, but you can opt to unblock/block all of .microsoft or .google, that would be useful.

Third or fourth hand information, so I don't know how far along any of these companies in implementing, but... It kinda feels like they're trying to build a centralized version a la CompuServe or Prodigy or even AOL over the internet that a company can choose to connect to.

[–] Deebster@programming.dev 11 points 4 hours ago

You can block *.google.com as easily as *.google, so I don't think that makes much sense.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 33 points 9 hours ago

Nah. It’s more ridiculous that ICANN gives out domains other than stuff like edu/com/org/gov in the first place.

[–] Kevlar21@piefed.social 13 points 9 hours ago

Apple and some other companies own entire /8 blocks of IPv4 addresses: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assigned_/8_IPv4_address_blocks

[–] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 25 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

Anyone with $150K to blow can have a vanity TLD it's not that big a feat. And it's about as fought douchy as vanity plates.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 3 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Lots of companies have TLD's. It's mostly a reflection of starting early, before TLD camping became a business model.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 12 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

.bbc also exists, their fediverse instance is social.bbc

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

A TLD dedicated to Big Black Cock? What will they think of next?

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 10 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 4 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

You saved the thread

[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 8 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

I think you're thinking of D's, not TLD's.

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago

Yeah, D's NUTS!

[–] NachBarcelona@piefed.social 1 points 8 hours ago

Terrifyingly Large Dongs