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That reminds me... Is the entire .io domain still planning to end or did that get resolved?
The top-level domains for the soviet union still exist, so io isn't gonna go, especially since it's so popular
From what I read, the policy of removing domains when the county stops existing was directly based on what happened with .su so that never happens again.
I wish people would stop saying this. That was a political decision from decades ago back when the internet was far smaller. It has no bearing on today where the political situation here is completely different and not only that but the internet is far larger and the ICANN are far more powerful.
Back in the 1980s they didn't have the political clout to really be able to enforce anything. They just have to basically accept it as a fader complete, not so anymore
Don't think it was ever "planned" to end, it's just unsure how Mauritius will handle the ccTLD, right?
Mauritius won't get the rights to .io, it's already held by a British corporation. Unless there's some kind of change since then.
Yeah, I didn't get a good wording there. I just mean is it still up in the air?
It is, all I found was this from October: https://domainnamewire.com/2024/10/09/io-domain-names-arent-going-away/