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  "path": "/t/pre-rfc-dns-domains-as-package-namespaces/24202?page=3#post_56",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-01T17:16:35.000Z",
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  "textContent": "jmillikin:\n\n> The main objection is that people often use their real-life name for a username, and sometimes they want to change their names.\n\nWouldn't this apply to domains as well?\n\njmillikin:\n\n> A cheap `.com` is like $15 a year,\n\njmillikin:\n\n> I'm not dismissing a monetary cost as \"small\", but when compared to the other costs involved in publishing Rust packages on crates.io it seems strange to focus on a fee that is an order of magnitude lower than any of the other costs involved (a non-smartphone computer, electric power, internet access).\n\nI think you underestimate how much that can be for certain population _especially_ that it requires having a credit card or bank account. In my childhood/college I was more active in FLOSS community but at the same time I had very tight budget. Not it is much cheaper but I also have much less time to be engaged in FLOSS community...\n\nOther costs are not necessarily impossible to get. For example schools and libraries have computer labs. They are also de-facto necessities - if you are in school/college you probably need something to write coursework, have internet connection and have electricity. I doubt that incremental cost of rust contributions are $15/year.",
  "title": "[Pre-RFC] DNS domains as package namespaces"
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