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.
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.
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
.mlTLD 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.| 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” 😂
Most people weren’t following the Chagos Islands news, and I doubt most people with
.ionames 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.
That’s very noble to be concerned for those people