I went with .io specifically for this. It doesn’t look special or anything, it’s just cheaper than .org and accepted anywhere I’ve tried, so far.
A few years back I bought a .family domain for my wife and I to have emails at ourlastname.family That lasted a week because almost every online service wouldn’t accept it. Now we have a .org
frozen@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 10 months ago
freehugs@lemmy.world 10 months ago
What registrar do you use? Last time I checked .io domains where like 4x the price of a .org
frozen@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 10 months ago
Namecheap. But it might also have to do with my domain not being very popular. Not sure.
intensely_human@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Ah that makes sense. So far I’ve been using Namexpensive
CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Doesn’t surprise me one bit. I’ve noticed that a lot of websites will only accept
.com
and a few will only accept email addresses from popular providers (Gmail, Hotmail, outlook, etc.)My guess is that it’s trying to reduce spam and fake account generation.
deweydecibel@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Thus preventing the growth of any small providers and further entrenching Microsoft, Google, Apple, and a handful of others as the only “viable” options.
Blamemeta@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Yeah, that’s it pretty much.Like 99% of your legitimate users are going to be standard gmail/yahoo/hotmail/etc. You see a user from ten minute mail, it’s probably some shady shit.
CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Not necessarily shady.
I use 10 minute email if a merchant requires me enter an email account before seeing the total price on an item (including shipping). That’s the most common pattern I’ve seen. My guess is that they want to ping you to complete the purchase.
Or a website might require free registration in order to view the content.
One place I use 10-minute email is actually Spotify. I didn’t want to give them my Gmail address since your name is exposed to the world via their sharing API.
Don’t get me wrong, there are a lot of bad uses for it as well. But privacy minded people use it too.
acetanilide@lemmy.world 10 months ago
ELI5 the bit about spotify’s sharing API?
MBM@lemmings.world 10 months ago
Feels very relevant to the fediverse, with how people tend to compare it to email.