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“vanity” domain? Only big corps are real; all else is vanity?

Seems like yet another betrayal of the end-to-end principle (as is this product for that matter)

Ok - it seems like I need to rephrase the term, but I didn't mean any offence to anyone.

Come on, all domains are vanity.

Good point: we can’t use IP addresses as machines may move but domain names should have been generated at time of request, à la lisp gensyms: G001.com, G002.com. Perhaps randomize the numerical component to avoid gaming the system.

Is it too late to make this switch? Names are sort of like that in China.

Names are like that in China because they are puns and rhymes for Chinese words. It's easier to remember for people who don't know pinyin and quicker to input.

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