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by gbarletta 503 days ago
.xyz domains are commonly associated with malware, scams, and phishing, leading to such measures as multiple antimalware vendors blacklisting many or all .xyz domains.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.xyz

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I think it's pretty unfortunate .xyz domains ended up having such a bad reputation. I know when the tld first came out it was extremely cheap ($1 for the first year?) so I suspect anyone who wanted a good deal grabbed one.

Obligatory: https://abc.xyz/