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Then it should be news.ycombinator.us .com is an global domain.

• catiopatio 4y ago
  “[.com] was originally administered by the United States Department of Defense … and remains under ultimate jurisdiction of U.S. law“ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.com
  • gggggg5 4y ago
    That hardly seems relevant? Literally all TLDs are ultimately under US jurisdiction, given that the ICANN is under US jurisdiction.
    • catiopatio 4y ago
      US government built it, a US company runs it, and US law applies to it. It’s silly to complain that US companies and US-focused sites shouldn’t use it.
      • gggggg5 4y ago
        >US government built it, a US company runs it, and US law applies to it. All also true of .ie and .fr and .eu and whatever other TLDs you might want to choose. >It’s silly to complain that US companies and US-focused sites shouldn’t use it. Nobody complained about that.