That actually isn't really the point here, the point here is that ccTLDs are reserved (mostly) for ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes and one of them is about to

That actually isn't really the point here, the point here is that ccTLDs are reserved (mostly) for ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes and one of them is about to cease to exist. Not to say .io hasn't been a mess, but it's kind of irrelevant.