"The problem with not having the .com of your name is that it signals weakness. Unless you're so big that your reputation precedes you, a marginal domain suggests you're a marginal company."
I'd say there's a few major reasons: protecting the name and signaling we're a real company to larger corporations.
For us, we also host websites that allows JS/CSS/HTML, so being able to put our assets on a separate domain helps with security issues.
man what is with takes like this nowadays? hi, welcome to human nature, where people judge books by covers, and have since time immemorial. why do you think people go to the McDonalds in Cairo right next to the pyramids? (hint: it's not because of the authenticity of local experience)
that's not the "sentiment of a true plutocrat and elitist" at all-- it's the sentiment of a realist. and what is a "true plutocrat", anyway? sounds like some "no true scotsman" / eye of the holder bs to me, honestly.
A bit tangential, but ignoring reality for a minute wouldn't it make more sense to kill .com and .org as well and retain only the country codes (ie .us, .uk, .cn, etc)? At least it would make the various jurisdictional issues clear.
(In a perfect world, I also wish there were legislation forcing any and all local government entities to use appropriate <service>.gov.<country> domains. It is incredibly difficult to explain to the average person why a few government websites have .com or .org or other random TLDs, and the inconsistency of it all makes things easier for scammers.)
Hmm that's an interesting idea. I personally like the idea of "cyberspace" transcending national boundries (i know, eyeroll), which is why i'm a fan of only .com, but your proposal makes a certain amount of sense.
What? How does limiting TLDs to only .com make any sense and how does that help with transcending national boundaries? I'm no fan of how new TLDs have been rolled out either...
Take a look at the Public Suffix List because you'll need to do away with a lot of TLDs.
Exactly this. I exclusively use search when navigating to any financial website. There's a very large financial incentive to pull off a "typo" fishing domain in those cases as well as a need to regularly check for data breaches.
