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Comment by duskwuff | Hacker News Reader

> [...] some of them will become legitimized alternatives to .com for consumers [...]

Like what?

New gTLDs have been around since 2013 -- five years. I can't think of a single one that I'd consider as legitimate as .com. I can, however, think of a bunch that are frequently used for spam and other abuse...

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I think .app could have a bright future in the age of web apps. It has only just recently been opened up by Google for public registration[0].

0: https://get.app/

Why do you need a walled garden around your DNS? I'm not sure that involving Google in everything we do is a good idea.

I wonder how many websites are served entirely through Google. Browsing with Chrome or Chromium, custom DNS set to 8.8.8.8, domain name from .app, "cached" by AMP, serving an Angular app with Material UI, originally hosted on Google Cloud.

... showing Google Maps, using Google Analytics, Google webmaster tools, custom Google search, offering Google payments and some Google docs forms.

Google wouldn't even have to index it.. they know everything about it already.

Google has shown they can handle DNS with 8.8.8.8

I trust Google to have the internet's best interests at heart way more than I trust GoDaddy and their ilk.

.google? Obviously not generally use, but used quite a bit by Google and entirely trusted for that use.

Have faith!

The Year of the Alternative gTLD is coming!

Any day now...

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