I thought it would be cool to have my own TLD, but apparently it’s all managed by the ICANN, so you can’t just name your website with any TLD you want. There are different prices. But at least you can customize your second level domain. Why aren’t TLDs like this?

  • Binette@lemmy.ml
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    1 month ago

    But why did everyone agree to that? Couldn’t domains be determined by user, or at least a bit more decentralized? (ex: google.com leads to IP address 1.1.1.1)

    • kitnaht@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      How is the internet supposed to work if we don’t agree on where every site goes? How are you supposed to decentralize a central agreement?

      • Binette@lemmy.ml
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        1 month ago

        I meant more like did it have to be a central agreement for it to scale up to what it is now?