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Disagree. ccTLDs at least let you know you're dealing with the country in question - revenue.gov.uk is more trustworthy than revenue.gov.buzz or some other ran

Disagree. ccTLDs at least let you know you're dealing with the country in question - revenue.gov.uk is more trustworthy than revenue.gov.buzz or some other rando gTLD. People should generally just stop buying ccTLD domains for personal use. .ly, .ai, tv isn't as necessary or cool as they think it is.

benjojo12 3y ago
Amusingly, the project/company that the person you're replying to is using .AI domain (see their HN bio), so clearly their opinions about how ccTLDs shouldn't exist can't be that strong
- echelon 3y ago
  It shouldn't be a ccTLD. Look at these arbitrary .ai ccTLD rules [1], as originally posted by p4bl0: > The terms and conditions of .ai domain names include things such as "not asking for investors" (without an Anguilla license to be a bank, broker, public company, ICO, exchange, or gambling site) and "not violating copyrights", both of which are… complicated for a lot of AI-related startups that chose to use a .ai domain. That's arbitrary and horrible. Thoughts shouldn't be so encumbered. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39367730 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39367730
  - seszett 3y ago
    These don't seem arbitrary but totally in line with what a ccTLD means. Domains with the .ai TLD must obviously respect Anguilla law, just like the use .gov is restricted by the US government.
- krab 3y ago
  They mean .ai should exist but it shouldn't be managed by a foreign country. ;-)
- tsimionescu 3y ago
  I think they believe that .ai should exist as a TLD, but not as a ccTLD. They'd basically like the Anguilles to not be in control of this TLD. Using it despite that is not inconsistent. Not that I agree with them, by the way. ccTLDs have to exist, countries have an obvious write to host their own TLDs without having to rely on others.
arkh 3y ago
> People should generally just stop buying ccTLD domains for personal use. firstname@lastname.countryCode email addresses look good tho.
maxcoder4 3y ago
>People should generally just stop buying ccTLD domains for personal use. People should buy ccTLDs more often. I try to stick to domains in my country TLD when possible, instead of getting a generic (.com) one.

benjojo12 3y ago

Amusingly, the project/company that the person you're replying to is using .AI domain (see their HN bio), so clearly their opinions about how ccTLDs shouldn't exist can't be that strong

echelon 3y ago
It shouldn't be a ccTLD. Look at these arbitrary .ai ccTLD rules [1], as originally posted by p4bl0: > The terms and conditions of .ai domain names include things such as "not asking for investors" (without an Anguilla license to be a bank, broker, public company, ICO, exchange, or gambling site) and "not violating copyrights", both of which are… complicated for a lot of AI-related startups that chose to use a .ai domain. That's arbitrary and horrible. Thoughts shouldn't be so encumbered. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39367730 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39367730
- seszett 3y ago
  These don't seem arbitrary but totally in line with what a ccTLD means. Domains with the .ai TLD must obviously respect Anguilla law, just like the use .gov is restricted by the US government.
krab 3y ago
They mean .ai should exist but it shouldn't be managed by a foreign country. ;-)
tsimionescu 3y ago
I think they believe that .ai should exist as a TLD, but not as a ccTLD. They'd basically like the Anguilles to not be in control of this TLD. Using it despite that is not inconsistent. Not that I agree with them, by the way. ccTLDs have to exist, countries have an obvious write to host their own TLDs without having to rely on others.

arkh 3y ago

> People should generally just stop buying ccTLD domains for personal use. firstname@lastname.countryCode email addresses look good tho.

maxcoder4 3y ago

>People should generally just stop buying ccTLD domains for personal use. People should buy ccTLDs more often. I try to stick to domains in my country TLD when possible, instead of getting a generic (.com) one.