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minus-squareJohnEdwalinkfedilinkarrow-up12·8 months agoAlphabet uses it for abc.xyz because it’s funny, but the .xyz registrar is the British Team Internet/CentralNic. Just like how they use youtu.be and goo.gl, but Alphabet doesn’t own Belgium or Greenland either. At least, not yet.
minus-squarebody_by_make@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-28 months agoGoogle does own some TLDs though, like .dev. I’m only saying this because what you’re saying implies they don’t by accident, I think
Alphabet uses it for abc.xyz because it’s funny, but the .xyz registrar is the British Team Internet/CentralNic.
Just like how they use youtu.be and goo.gl, but Alphabet doesn’t own Belgium or Greenland either. At least, not yet.
Google does own some TLDs though, like .dev. I’m only saying this because what you’re saying implies they don’t by accident, I think