If you have your own domain, you aren't stuck with your dependencies. Swapping registrars is a straight forward porting procedure. Swapping hosting is a matter of replacing 5 or so DNS entries. It took me about 20 minutes to reconfigure my domain's email when I decided I didn't want to use Proton anymore.

[–] drath@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

It's not a given. Some registars can be total dicks about transfers and drag it until expiry, after which they would kindly offer their services of "negotiating a buyout from the owner" (i.e. themselves), asking $100 upfront just for them say some absurdly high price and then hold it on park for a whole year just out of spite if you ever initiated the process.

[–] RogueJello@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

And you knew 25 years ago that the market wouldn't consolidate down to 1-2 registrars?

[–] teuto@lemmy.teuto.icu 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I suppose you can't know that, but your odds on betting on a whole industry are better than a single company. Not to mention, the barrier to entry for a registrar becoming accredited really isn't that high, so I wouldn't expect market consolidation unless ICANN changes the process, at which point shit is fucked regardless.

[–] RogueJello@lemmy.world 1 points 22 minutes ago* (last edited 20 minutes ago)

True, I'd be more concerned about legislation to be honest. The CAN-SPAM act is just the mildest example.

Also with the computer industry it's getting pretty rare for any market niche to have more than 1-2 dominant players in it. Generally it's winner take all. Just see what happened with all the indie ISPs.