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minus-squareabbadon420@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up21·1 year agoThere are other reasons for choosing certain TLD’s. I remember back when, the .tk domain was very popular, because it was completely free.
minus-squareJCPhoenix@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoAnd because of that .tk ccTLD is completely disreputable now. Everyone and their mother had one back in the day, which included all the spammers/phishers and their mothers. Now no one trusts .tk domains. Or at least they shouldn’t!
There are other reasons for choosing certain TLD’s. I remember back when, the .tk domain was very popular, because it was completely free.
And because of that .tk ccTLD is completely disreputable now. Everyone and their mother had one back in the day, which included all the spammers/phishers and their mothers. Now no one trusts .tk domains. Or at least they shouldn’t!