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Google unexpectedly sells its domain-hosting business to Squarespace | Engadget (www.engadget.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Imho a decision that doesn't make sense, Google already has paid for all the infrastructure so running the service to them is pure profit, not to mention the lost possibility to upsell Google workspace (paid gmail with a custom domain) or Google cloud services to all their customers.

Although I would never subscribe to something from Google for my business, then when they eventually change mind and kill my product, i have to migrate in an hurry. I've been hurted too many times

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Next move:

Google buys Squarespace
???
Profit

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Then in a couple of years either merges square space into Google Sites or shuts it down.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

It's Google, they'd shut down.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does anybody even use google sites?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I probably would if they didn’t shut projects down every second week.