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Iirc .io is not _a_ country but a territory of another country (British Indian ocean territory). A similar case is for American Samoa (.as), Guam (.gu). Etc.
by ithkuil 3y ago
Iirc .io is not _a_ country but a territory of another country (British Indian ocean territory).
A similar case is for American Samoa (.as), Guam (.gu). Etc.
Although it is technically correct to say they are not "internationally recognized countries", that's because they are not countries, not because they are not internationally recognized (they very much are). Thus the qualifier is confusing.
It is like if I claimed that my cat is not an "dog from this planet". That statement is true not because my cat comes from another planet, but simply because it's not a dog in the first place.
- nicole_express 3y agoThe difference between the British Indian Ocean Territory and say, American Samoa is that, as far as the BIOT government is concerned, there is no permanent population there. Obviously the US military base can just use .mil. So if ccTLDs are limited to locals, nobody is entitled to .io at all. The Chagossians do exist, and I'm not trying to diminish their claims. But my understanding is that they claim the islands as a part of Mauritius, which also has its own domain name (.mu), and wouldn't identify with the colonial BIOT government that expelled them in any case.
- ithkuil 3y agoYeah, the timeless misalignment between what ought to be and what technically is
- Symbiote 3y agoIt's still a territory with some governance and so on. https://www.biot.gov.io/ https://www.biot.gov.io/ is a genuine use. https://www.sure.io/ https://www.sure.io/ is another (an ISP).
- graemep 3y agoIs the the Chagossians who claim the islands as mart of Mauritius or the Mauritians? There are also a number of other territories that are not countries that have ccTLDs: .re, .gs, .mq, .fk etc.