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   Eric the Cerise (nattiegoogie@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 11-Jun-2023 16:44:08 JST Eric the Cerise

   Tech Pet Peeve # 792

   No you didn't just buy a new domain.

   No one ever buys a domain.

   We rent them. ICANN is our landlord.

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     Erik Uden :verified: (erik@social.uden.ai)'s status on Sunday, 11-Jun-2023 16:44:07 JST Erik Uden :verified:

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     Wouldn’t the TLD company / country be the landlord? Like when I rent a .de Domain the DENIC is my landlord

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     Eric the Cerise (nattiegoogie@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 11-Jun-2023 16:44:16 JST Eric the Cerise

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     • Erik Uden :verified:

     @Erik

     I'm honestly not sure, and I spent some time checking that on #Wikipedia before I posted.

     But tentatively, I believe ICANN is the only "landowner" so-to-speak, which rents out in bulk to the various wholesale/resalers, who in turn handle retail rentals.

     ... I think.

     In the process, I did discover the existence of OpenNIC ... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenNIC

     Now trying to figure out how useful they are.

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     Erik Uden :verified: (erik@social.uden.ai)'s status on Sunday, 11-Jun-2023 16:44:16 JST Erik Uden :verified:

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     I will ask my friend at the DENIC about this

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