No. It's true. I have T-Mobile, and I cannot send .xyz links over SMS.
If you have T-Mobile, this is easy to verify: text yourself "abc.xyz" (or any other .xyz link) The message will show as sent but not received. If you text yourself any uncensored link, it will show as sent and received.
Probably the same type of agreement that permits them to block spam calls on your behalf, deep inside the EULA.
Why would it be illegal? T-Mobile is a private company, and they can do what they like. (whether they should...)
I thought .com .net .org are the cheapest ... They're like $9 on NameCheap and I think I've seen $3 elsewhere
I thought .org was more expensive than .xyz for the name I was looking for. Could be wrong.
Namecheap says .xyz is $1 for the first year.
A lot of registrars were offering .xyz domains at fire-sale promotional prices (like, $1 for the first year, or outright free with the purchase of another domain). This made them extremely popular with spammers.
The same goes for a lot of other new gTLDs.
This is wild because I just saw an article about xyz on techcrunch. I even checked Spamhaus and they have a lower score than .com in spam. Im weary of these outdated filters than block new gtlds because they're new and automatically considered bad.
Really depends on the domain - a short(ish) word or name combo won't be, and many .com, .net, .org domains are already taken. My personal blog is on .me ( Montenegro), the .com is parked and advertised at $4k, the .net is taken but unused and the .org is taken and used.
Oh, that's just because there are some hoarders and squatters on some .com domains who aren't doing anything with the resource and just want to make some money without doing real work.
The $4k isn't really the actual price of registration though, that's only a few bucks.