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Is it considered ok or wise to obtain new .io (and .sh) domains today? In addition to the controversies (and more generally, misappropriating ccTLDs for funny d

Is it considered ok or wise to obtain new .io (and .sh) domains today? In addition to the controversies (and more generally, misappropriating ccTLDs for funny domain names to result in a passive income benefitting only very few) there could also be a Brexit issue coming up here. Not that I have heard or expect the Brit gov to play hardball or something, but I could see closing .io to non-Brits be in-line with other decisions; for example, British citizens/companies can't use .eu domains post-Brexit AFAIK, with a grace period.

tialaramex 3y ago
Brexit was just a way to distract fools while picking their pockets, I don't see a real connection here.
input_sh 3y ago
That's just how .eu has always worked? If you're not from the EU (okay EEA to be more precise), you can't have one. It was never open to those outside of it. It wasn't some "fuck you in particular" kind of deal you make it out to be, nothing changed in its requirements.
- RobotToaster 3y ago
  Many made the (somewhat reasonable) assumption that it was for EUrope, not the European Union.
  - mod50ack 3y ago
    Sure, but it never was — the .eu domain was for the European Union from the beginning, and the ISO code EU is for the European Union. The .eu domain was opened by agreement to the EEA (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway) countries as well. But Swiss registrants have never been eligible (except via citizenship/residency in one of the qualifying states), for example. When the UK left the EU, they didn't negotiate any EEA-style agreement to get access to .eu in their Brexit deal.
  - Fnoord 3y ago
    Those are confused with *.eu.org which is a predecessor of the .eu TLD. See https://nic.eu.org https://nic.eu.org
- kaladin-jasnah 3y ago
  Does that mean Swiss people cannot acquire .eu domains, as Switzerland is not part of the EU or EEA?
  - crote 3y ago
    That is correct.
5e92cb50239222b 3y ago
.uk domains owned by Russian citizens were pulled from under them last year. Whatever your opinion on this issue might be, I would take it as a warning. That particular registry seems to have a history of controversies and questionable behavior.
- dchest 3y ago
  Really? From what I could find, they only pulled Russian registrars, not the domains, which you could transfer to a non-Russian-based registrar to renew: https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/15/nominet_suspends_russian_registrars/ https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/15/nominet_suspends_russ...
donohoe 3y ago
I would skip on .io. Consider .dev or something else
mod50ack 3y ago
There is zero indication that the British government would close off .io to non-Brits. You don't have to be a UK citizen or resident to get a .uk domain either. .eu requires citizenship or residency for registration, but most ccTLDs don't. The UK would not benefit in any way from cutting off .io registrations (or .sh for that matter).

tialaramex 3y ago

Brexit was just a way to distract fools while picking their pockets, I don't see a real connection here.

input_sh 3y ago

That's just how .eu has always worked? If you're not from the EU (okay EEA to be more precise), you can't have one. It was never open to those outside of it. It wasn't some "fuck you in particular" kind of deal you make it out to be, nothing changed in its requirements.

RobotToaster 3y ago
Many made the (somewhat reasonable) assumption that it was for EUrope, not the European Union.
- mod50ack 3y ago
  Sure, but it never was — the .eu domain was for the European Union from the beginning, and the ISO code EU is for the European Union. The .eu domain was opened by agreement to the EEA (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway) countries as well. But Swiss registrants have never been eligible (except via citizenship/residency in one of the qualifying states), for example. When the UK left the EU, they didn't negotiate any EEA-style agreement to get access to .eu in their Brexit deal.
- Fnoord 3y ago
  Those are confused with *.eu.org which is a predecessor of the .eu TLD. See https://nic.eu.org https://nic.eu.org
kaladin-jasnah 3y ago
Does that mean Swiss people cannot acquire .eu domains, as Switzerland is not part of the EU or EEA?
- crote 3y ago
  That is correct.

5e92cb50239222b 3y ago

.uk domains owned by Russian citizens were pulled from under them last year. Whatever your opinion on this issue might be, I would take it as a warning. That particular registry seems to have a history of controversies and questionable behavior.

dchest 3y ago
Really? From what I could find, they only pulled Russian registrars, not the domains, which you could transfer to a non-Russian-based registrar to renew: https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/15/nominet_suspends_russian_registrars/ https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/15/nominet_suspends_russ...

donohoe 3y ago

I would skip on .io. Consider .dev or something else

mod50ack 3y ago

There is zero indication that the British government would close off .io to non-Brits. You don't have to be a UK citizen or resident to get a .uk domain either. .eu requires citizenship or residency for registration, but most ccTLDs don't. The UK would not benefit in any way from cutting off .io registrations (or .sh for that matter).