https://allthatsinteresting.com/terry-davis
Haven’t heard about this piece of internet lore. It’s really tragic, and I shudder to think how differently would it go if he had access to ChatGPT.
Or rather, probably not much different, but there are already several cases of people nudged to the exactly same path solely thanks to AI, that they wouldn’t have probably ended up on so quickly. It sucks.
I recommend transfering to Cloudfare, since they have guaranteed wholesale price (no added fees, and only what the tld owner and ICANN asks), so they should be cheapest (since anything less is selling at a loss for the registrar, at least ifI understand right).
Namecheap has started overcharging me like 20+$ on a renewal compared to CF. So, transfering after a first year (which is where registrars like Namecheap take a loss and give you a discount) is probably the cheapest way how to go about it.
As far as I know, Cloudfare is the only registrar that offers you wholesale price, as in the price asked by the tld owners. So, you a registrar can’t go lower, because that’s what they pay for it.
But, a lot of registrars will give you first year at a heavy discount (so, at a loss), just so they can ramp up the price to wholesale + a lot extra. I got my domain for like 5$, and they then asked for 40$ for renewal, while wholesale is around 25$.
So, I just transfered to Cloudfare for the renewal. Tbh I don’t remember if it was the first or second year, and what are the transfer rules, but I think it should be possible to just buy a first year at heavy discount with i.e Namecheap or something, and immediately transfer to Cloudfare for the first renewal at wholesale price.
Not mine, but svn-based JDSL is the best related story that’s always worth sharing.
You’re right, I did realize that it’s a pretty offtopic and no value comment a short while after posting, but too late to go edit it out.
Thanks for the video, Down the Rabitt Hole videos about EVE Online are my absolute favorites, so this will be a good watch.