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The British government is transferring sovereignty of an island in the Indian Ocean to Mauritius next week, potentially impacting the existence of the .io domain. (every.to)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Perhaps not an actual reclassification since, until now, all two letter TLDs have been exclusively for countries. But for the right price, I imagine convincing them to maintain the two character TLD... for "posterity" ... and... "backwards compatibility"...

coughs, clears throat, and pushes 💰 across the table

...would make sense.

😏

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

"Oh, perhaps we could assign it to the actual Indian Ocean, as that's quite a persuasive 💰 argument 💰."

"... Or perhaps NASA would like to administer it on behalf of the aliens on Io until we make contact..."

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I know it's not the same thing, but the corporate TLDs like ".google" make me irrationally irritated. You think you're too good for ".com"?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

☝🏽

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

I wish that naked TLDs were a thing. Like https://com/ or https://london/