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by echelon 2403 days ago
I love that the first selling point is

> Protect your identity online so that no one can defame your name.

This one is an extortion racket.

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http://facebook.sucks

> Registrant Organization: Facebook, Inc.

https://whois.nic.sucks

microsoft.sucks, apple.sucks, and google.sucks are registered by their respective companies as well.
It absolutely is. And .sucks domains are much more expensive than most other TLDs.
I was under the impression that .sucks domains cost about $10 for an individual but thousands for a corporation (as an anti-corporate endeavour). I can't find anything on this though, so perhaps I imagined it.
according to https://get.sucks/fees .sucks domains have an MSRP of $250 for standard domains and $2500 for "premium" domains. I can't see a list, but my guess is the "premium" domains are the names of larger corporations and wealthy individuals that the registry thinks they can extort more money from.