[silverlyra]

This really resonates with me – yeah, the supposed API-driven engineering company, makes it no longer possible to automatically provision domain names for its "valuable" cloud computing customers?

What possible end could that serve? I am baffled by the idea that succeeding via open access to their infrastructure is not a serious long-term goal for Google.

For a company who ostensibly is existentially interested in developing at least one meaningful complement to it advertising business, of all the things https://killedbygoogle.com/ over the years, why the domain registrar? The cost to developer trust vs. the cost of ongoing operations – did they not even have that conversation?

Now I imagine how I would've felt to have my registration transferred to – I can't even recall who bought their customers – and I try to imagine putting faith in trusting GCP products with a startup idea, where ostensibly their second-mover advantage could let me move faster in greenfield development ... and I throw my hands up. This is a company acting like it places no value on goodwill, not even from a bare bean counter perspective.

I guess I'll stick to AWS (and more bespoke cloud offerings).

[ehPReth]

yeah, I'm also very very confused why they sold off Google Domains. I'd love to have flies on the walls for that :/