Re: Domain names are all pointless
> must have noticed that onion addresses aren't very helpful either
Completely off-topic, but...
They can actually be quite helpful on sites that are dual-homed onto both the darknet and the WWW though. At least when combined with an Alt-Svc header so that the user's browser makes its next request to https://abcdefghijk.onion but with SNI name and host header www.myoriginalsite.com and shows https://www.myoriginalsite.com in the address bar.
That way you get the benefits of Tor, without
a) consuming any exit node bandwidth
b) your users having to know you've got an onion, remember/record the address and go to that instead
Not that any of that really helps with discoverability of stuff that isn't on the WWW, and wouldn't help if you don't want to buy www.myoriginalsite.com anymore because of price hikes
Biting the hand that feeds IT
