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by ForHackernews 2973 days ago
> Would you like it if your side project all of a sudden got a 6 figure DNS bill because Signal decided they want to piggy back on your domain to route around censorship?

In this hypothetical example, is my side project doing $178,000,000,000 of annual revenue like Amazon.com? If so, I'd like to think I'd be honored help subvert censorship by oppressive regimes.
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Matt3o12_ 2973 days ago
Except that amazon is not the one paying, it is quad.com (or some other domain they’re piggybacking on) who has to pay for the DNS traffic. If my $3 side project suddenly became a $1000 side project I’d be pissed too. I like what signal is doing but that should not be making others pay for it. Ideally amazon would help them do that but that don’t.
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ForHackernews 2973 days ago
> Except that amazon is not the one paying, it is quad.com

It's souq.com, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Amazon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souq.com It's an e-commerce site targeted at the middle east that Amazon bought as their play for that market.

Signal deliberately chose it because it's an Amazon domain, so governments would be reluctant to block it.

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edaemon 2973 days ago
That may be true but Signal is purposely using high-profile domains, not someone's small side project.
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