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I can't imagine .io would ever be removed. if anything, it'll be categorized like .org or .com if it loses its geographic justification.

• valianteffort 3y ago
  But aren't two letter TLD's reserved for country codes?
  • gary_0 3y ago
    There will definitely be complaints if we colonize Jupiter's moons but the .io TLD has been commandeered by open source projects.
    • signal11 3y ago
      There are um, significant challenges to colonising Io. It’s 400 active volcanoes to start with, in a body the size of Earth’s moon. If we could tap its flux tube for energy though—- now that’d be cool.
      • squarefoot 3y ago
        > There are um, significant challenges to colonising Io. What about Europa (.eu)?
        • woleium 3y ago
          Ok grampa, let's use DNS. Should we all type code out by hand as well?
        • rewmie 3y ago
          > What about Europa (.eu)? .eu is already the ccTLD if the European Union. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.eu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.eu
          • squarefoot 3y ago
            Yes, I was referring to the grandparent's comment about Jupiter moons and .io that can't be used. Odd wording from my side.
• riffic 3y ago
  not really how it works but your imagination is healthy.
  • niij 3y ago
    There's precedent. The .su (Soviet Union) ccTLD is still around. It takes registrations at the second level and is open to registrations from anyone regardless of nationality. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/.su https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/.su
• nkko 3y ago
  There are some examples https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/.yu https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/.yu
  • xcdzvyn 3y ago
    But we got .rs and .me in exchange. The world just wants to maximize domain hacks :)