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The Disappearance of an Internet Domain (every.to)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, and this, right here, is a huge reason why I don't buy vanity domains based on country codes. Political structures can change quickly, and I really don't want to have to rebrand something just because some country decides it wants to restrict its country-code TLDs (e.g. the .ml TLD is owned by Mali, and they could totally push to restrict it to Malian residents).

I stick with the normal ones, like .com, .info, or .org, or content-specific ones like .games.

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

| The deal – reached after years of negotiations - will see the UK hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a historic move.

What changed quickly here? You guys are terrified of the mention of the idea of possibly having to plan to commit to a change lol "normal ones" 😂

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Most people weren't following the Chagos Islands news, and I doubt most people with .io names bothered to check any notifications here. A lot of people just pick them up and set them to auto-renew and generally don't think about it again. Those people won't be impacted today, but they will be once the domains get transitioned away, and it'll be a rude awakening for a lot of people.

The simple solution is to not buy country TLDs unless you live in that country or something.

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

That's very noble to be concerned for those people

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I've seen a lot of hobby projects using .io because it looks high tech or whatever. I'm just saying people should avoid using country TLDs unless they live in that country or do business there.

I'm not saying I'm "concerned" or anything, just that the impact will be fairly large and noticeable.