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This is why you shouldn't use .io domains. It sounds cool but you're indirectly sponsoring a military base where people were tortured and because of which peopl
by tangue 7y ago
This is why you shouldn't use .io domains. It sounds cool but you're indirectly sponsoring a military base where people were tortured and because of which people were deported.
- apasserby 7y agowait what?
- fourthark 7y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/.io https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/.io
- crowbahr 7y ago"After being questioned as a result of the interview, the British Government denied receiving any funds from the sale of .io domain names" So according to the linked article, no: .io names give nothing to Britain.
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- raesene9 7y agosomeone must be getting it, and it's not the islanders... so it's either the UK government, or someone they sold/gave the rights to.
- inflatableDodo 7y agoIs worth noting here that the British Government denying recieving funds is not quite the same as the British Government not recieving funds.
- crowbahr 7y agoBased on cursory research the British government has refuted the claim that any money is given to them from .io domain registrations.
- tangue 7y agoThat's an answer to a question in the House of Lords. It needs to be read between the lines. Government doesn't effectively receive anything but according to the second article cited by Wikipedia, Paul Kane, who originally runned the .io domain said that the Crown Bank was receiving money : "In a second conversation with Kane, he reiterated that “we do remit money to the Crown bank in accordance with our agreement. We pay X amount per name.” Kane did not say what “X amount” was, due to confidentiality." Meanwhile it seems that in 2017 Affilias has bought the .io domain for 70 millions dollars...
- raesene9 7y agoWell whoever's getting the money, it's not the indigenous islanders who should be getting it.