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Always worth considering your national domain if it’s easy to register. I use .ca because really why wouldn’t I?

• vezuchyy 4y ago
  There's a problem with a national domain: people move. My .me domain is registered in 2009 (well, I know that it's a national domain) and I lived in three different countries since then with a permanent status in the current one and without plans to come back to my homeland.
  • frosted-flakes 4y ago
    So what? Unless there's a requirement for residence to renew why should it matter?
• murphyslab 4y ago
  CIRA's privacy policy is one of the reasons why I've stayed with .ca for my digital presence: > The registrant name and administrative and technical contact information of non-individual registrants, such as corporations, is displayed by default. The registrant name and administrative and technical contact information of individuals, such as Canadian citizens or permanent residents is not displayed in WHOIS per the CIRA Privacy Policy. Generally non-individuals are public and individuals are private. https://www.cira.ca/ca-domains/whois https://www.cira.ca/ca-domains/whois
  • Kye 4y ago
    Isn't free WHOIS privacy standard these days?
    • murphyslab 4y ago
      "Free domain privacy, forever", in GoDaddy's wording, seems fairly standard now. But really it's a spin: Since 2018, domain privacy is required by EU's GDPR in many instances. But pre-GDPR it was frequently an add-on, demanding additional payment. IIRC, there are some domains for which it is not available. CA domains have had a privacy default for individuals since 2008. As someone who's received personal threats as a result of WHOIS info, I'd rather stick with the more certain option.