They are not "abandoning" .com domains. They are just really hard to find available or cheap enough to buy, so they launch with something else instead!
.com will always be king
A while ago we had the .ly domains. Now .ai. Things change depending on "fashion" if you can call it that.
I remember .ly was a thing for a while, then the tech companies would do *ly.com instead.
This is mitigated slightly by the fact that people don’t use URIs much any more and even if they do they usually type something into a search bar or chat bot which DWIMs what they typed anyway.
I wouldn't call this 'abandoning .com' though
it's basically still .com dominated with a good chunk .ai
and I guess the ones with good .com are keeping the .com
I kind of like the idea to use .com for the marketing site, and .app for the actual web-app.
https://x.com/paulg/status/2083628660708561075
Was that a .xyz?
Grombobulous•1h ago
mojuba•56m ago
.ai is also kind of cool right now but it will probably lose its appeal after some years when everything will become AI and the world will get tired of the term.
But .com is still at the top of the food chain. If you can survive for a few years, raise your series A/B, you will likely have enough money to acquire your sexy single-word .com name.
charlieyu1•48m ago
dhosek•16m ago
I’m still annoyed that thanks to a missed payment, I lost quixote.com.