[footlose_3815]

Github pages is free. A .info domain is $5/year.

That's already more than half the features you get with this, and you get to be on the actual internet, not some dude's silo.

As the post's age goes on, I see more criticism, and less positive reactions.

[monkeywork]

>That's already more than half the features you get with this, and you get to be on the actual internet, not some dude's silo.

"the actual internet" ??

[footlose_3815]

Yes, the real internet where domain names don't cost $20, and where my stuff doesn't need to live on some dude's server.

It's just someone else trying to do what Zuckerberg failed at.

You're paying $20 to go a level-deeper into complexity on someone else's proprietary platform. It's not only going to fail, but it's a bad idea.

[voxic11]

Yeah instead of paying this guy, people should instead rely on the charity of big corporations like microsoft. Github pages are free and surely will remain that way forever without any strings attached!

[sedatk]

> "the actual internet" ??

Microsoft's silo, they mean.

[rfrey]

How is hosting your website using a Microsoft silo more "on the internet" than using this?

[slalomskiing]

It’s just a fun project why are you taking it so serious

[footlose_3815]

It’s $20/mo, and a lot of people are eager to spend it so it should be subject to due criticism.

[ipodopt]

It's $20 per year, not per month... and there are promo codes for $5/year available most of the time. I don't use the site but browsed the guy's mastodon feed.

[footlose_3815]

I stand corrected, but ICANN names are cheaper.

Anyone can start their own omg.lol with a $10/yr domain name, and charge others for OSS and basic features you can find elsewhere for free. It's a scam to those who criticize it, and it's a privileged club to those who pay the money.

But the social circle is polluted with brains who think this is a good deal, so it's not the kind of network I'd even want to be on.