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IMO, there shouldn't be any gTLDs. Even the original gTLDs should be sunset. Instead, everything should be under ccTLDs, and then maybe we could have one addit
by bradknowles 4y ago
IMO, there shouldn't be any gTLDs. Even the original gTLDs should be sunset.
Instead, everything should be under ccTLDs, and then maybe we could have one additional non-ccTLD to cover organizations or companies that are truly international in scope.
Then each country gets to decide how they want to operate their ccTLD, perhaps with the caveat that domain registrants should be required to be citizens of that country, and you can't register a domain for someone else unless you're a licensed registrar and your company operates exclusively in that country and the legal entity you're registering for also operates exclusively in that country.
Now, there could be holding companies with hundreds of subsidiaries, one for each country, but at least those subsidiaries would automatically and naturally comply with all data sovereignty laws.
Yes, that would be more work for companies that want to have registrations in every TLD, but then they should be willing to do that work or pay for it to be done.