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How so?
Tldw; scammers trick people using .zip top level domains
Google should retract these new top level domains- Brodie Robertson
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
Google should retract these new top level domains- Brodie Robertson
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.
I personally like the domain.
The problem is just that it's too susceptible to being used to trick users, the services hosted on .zip domains aren't evil by default, like your instance that is completely legit.
If you want to see (yet another) video, Thio Joe covered this really well imo