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       Google Domains migration + Web frontend improvements
       August 22nd, 2023
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       I recently logged into Google Domains to change some minor DNS setting
       and was greeted by this bullshit: "Google recently entered into an
       agreement for Squarespace, Inc. to acquire all domain name registrations
       from Google Domains, with the purchase subject to regulatory approval
       and customary closing conditions. If the transaction closes, you will
       become a Squarespace customer and, following a transition period, your
       customer and billing information, if applicable, will be transferred to
       Squarespace, at which point Squarespace's Privacy Policy and Terms of
       Service will apply."
       
       I received no email or any other communication about this, so I was
       caught a bit off-guard... Squarespace is not a company I care to deal
       with at all. Consequently I have transferred the zcrayfish.soy domain to
       Hover (Tucows) as a registrar, and am using Linode as the DNS servers.
       It has been a bit over 24 hours since I made the change, but I have
       outrageously high TTL values set here, so it's possible (though not very
       likely) that some breakage could occur.
       
       Naturally being someone who has used Google since nearly the very
       beginning, I am accustomed to them randomly shutting down services,
       though as third or fourth (depending on who you ask) largest domain
       registrar, I assumed they would have kept running for a while... Hell
       they still have pending brand-new TLDs!
       
       
       
       In other news, I have implemented a minor improvement to the web font-
       end of the gopher server here... After determining that there is not one
       web browser that respects user's dark mode and/or light mode preference
       (most implement one or the other, but not both, and they do it BADLY),
       I setup a page in which users can pick between three stylesheets.
       
 (HTM) The page can be viewed here
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       does alphabet, inc. secretly own squarespace?
       Posted Wed Aug 23 07:44:15 UTC 2023 by anonymous
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       Posted Thu Feb 23 03:55:20 UTC 2024 by zcrayfish
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