DNS longevity

The problem I encountered setting up a gallery subdomain was due to the DNS thingy pointing to an old SmugMug account. According to 1 Password that account was set up in 2011. I guess I used it with a gallery subdomain which was probably deleted about ten tears ago and yet the DNS record hung around awaiting for a new gallery to connect with.

RIP WWW (an ongoing series)

Although lacking links Heather Burnsenthusiasm for Station Eleven piqued my interest enough to search it out. The Wikipedia page for the TV series provides a link to the “Official Website” which reads

https://www.hbomax.com/station-eleven

alas clicking this link bounced me to

https://www.hbomax.com/geo-availability

Screenshot HBO Max not available in your region.

Why are you telling me this? Was I interested in HBO Max? Did I ask when it would be available in my region? Could you just tell me about Station Eleven?

Station Eleven is available to buy in my region from Apple TV or Amazon.

I suppose the HBO message was more informative than the usual blanket:

Sorry, content is not available

Where did it all go wrong?