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[–] guillem@aussie.zone 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I wish people at least pretended to care about Catalan language and culture when they bought a .cat domain.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

~~.cat is owned by an American company named Doughnuts. I like how Catalonia is using it but it's not a two letter country TLD~~

[–] guillem@aussie.zone 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It was sponsored by a foundation for this very specific purpose, and when you get a domain you agree to use it for content in Catalan or about Catalan culture and language but a lot of people just don't comply. It's not a 2-letter TLD because Spain won't let Catalonia have a country code.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/.cat

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Well I'm fucking wrong. Sorry.

[–] guillem@aussie.zone 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

No worries, I was a bit whaaaaat with the doughnuts thing because I had never heard about that.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

~~They control (apparently hundreds of other domains like .business or .cookie or .fruit and and words like that. (Not necessarily real examples)~~

That is also false what the fuck was I smoking?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donuts_(company)