• TheSpookiestUser@lemmy.world
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            1 year ago

            You know, if that’s truly the only reason and it turns out I’m wrong I’ll gladly eat that L, and it would be a relief. I’ve just heard some iffy things specifically about it all.

            EDIT: it’s stuff like this that I’m talking about.

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          Just wanted to make sure we were on the same page!

          br, .co.in, and ml tlds must be pretty cheap for people because I see them all the time on threat feeds. ML is indeed the Malaysia tld

          Edit: Mali not Malaysia lmao. I also looked it up, turns out the company that owned the tld gives em out for free

          • TheSpookiestUser@lemmy.world
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            1 year ago

            A quick Google gave me Mali, which is why I said as such.

            But frankly I do not believe it is about being cheap, I do indeed think it’s as the other comment said - Marxist-Leninist.

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              1 year ago

              Not sure why you would favor political reasoning for site that’s not even sorta politically based over economic reasoning (despite it being a free service) but that’s alright you’re allowed to have your own opinions

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                The devs are communists by political orientation and .ml is selected for a specific reason, not cuz it’s cheap or free. lemmygrad.ml is also their instance, but lemmy.ml was made to accomodate to a crowd that may not share their political views.

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                  1 year ago

                  You sure are smart if you know it better than the developers THEMSELVES who said they picked .ml for no particular reason.

                  • 0x4E4F@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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                    IDK if that’s thrue, but most people on lemmygrad when asked about the .ml TLD say that it was picked because of their political views, i.e. Marxist-Leninist.

                    They might have just made that up after the TLD was picked, that could also be true.

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                    1 year ago

                    Tankies, famous for never lying.

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        Also know for having one of the highest malware count for a TLD. I migrated from it a few years ago because of that.

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          I would assume it is because you can get free (though super bare bones) .ml TLD, though you do have to pay a little if you want some TLD comforts.

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            Yeah, that’s the exact situation. I personally chose to pay $5-10 per year and use a less sketchy domain for my stuff.