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Since August, no.

https://moz.com/blog/301-redirection-rules-for-seo

Thank you for showing me this!

Not sure how I missed it.

I wouldn't risk my business only because a google employee tweeted "30x redirects don't lose PageRank anymore.". Because there is a lot room for different interpretations and open questions.

I would have said this too some years ago, a competitor moved his domain last year with practically no impact. Moving domains today seems much much safer than some years ago.

PS: Same goes for http to https, some years ago you've got a huge huge drop in rankings while today it's a no brainer.

It shouldn't disappear entirely though. A completely new site shows up faster than this was unavailable.