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Theoretically .io should cease to exist as well but apparently TLDs can be "too big to fail"[0], too. But officially, there's a 5 years-long grace period after
by voytec 2y ago
Theoretically .io should cease to exist as well but apparently TLDs can be "too big to fail"[0], too. But officially, there's a 5 years-long grace period after which .io is deemed to be sunshined[1].
> In essence, a five-year time window will commence during which time usage of the domain will need to be phased out.
Related: "Ask HN: What happens to ".io" TLD after UK gives back the Chagos Islands?"[2] (2024-10-03), 250p 210c
[0] https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/10/io_domain_uk_mauritius/ https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/10/io_domain_uk_mauritiu...
[1] https://domainnamewire.com/2024/10/09/io-domain-names-arent-going-away/ https://domainnamewire.com/2024/10/09/io-domain-names-arent-...
[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41729526 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41729526
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- notpushkin 2y agoI really hope .io lives on. Perhaps it could be a nice economic boost for Mauritius?
- vunderba 2y agoAgreed. I've also heard that a fairly significant amount of revenue for the island nation of Tuvalu actually comes from .tv domain registrations.
- masfuerte 2y agoThat deal could still fall apart. Neither Trump's cronies nor the new government of Mauritius are keen on it.
- netsharc 2y agoWhy should they be "cleaned up" when there are TLDs like .blog, .hotel, .sucks, and other great ones (.great doesn't exist) that are allowed to be there?
- voytec 2y agoTwo-char TLDs are a special case and are bound to a country. And this rule works both ways - Soviet Union wanted .ussr and was given .su
- Nullabillity 2y ago.su also still exists, despite its backing country having gone under over 30 years ago.
- p4bl0 2y agoBecause the country disappeared before that rules was set in place.
- voytec 2y agoYup. IANA dind't have ccTLD retiring procedures yet, when Soviet Union collapsed in 1990. But would they want to, they could delist it at any point. IANA holds the registry for all TLDs and - that's extreme and unlikely - could delist .ru, .ir or .kp at any moment.
- Arnt 2y agoThe WLAN password at ICANN meetings is oneworldoneinternet. Keeping the net together needs continuous peacekeeping effort. ICANN could delist in theory, that peacekeeping makes it impractical.
- jsheard 2y ago.sucks really shouldn't exist, it's pretty explicitly set up as an extortion racket. They charge nearly $300 a year because they know that brands will pay a lot to prevent anyone else from getting brand.sucks.
- voytec 2y ago> it's pretty explicitly set up as an extortion racket Or rather for squatting. google.sucks is registered by Google LLC, microsoft.sucks by Microsoft Corporation, meta.sucks by Meta Platforms, Inc., and so on...
- Starlevel004 2y agoI really hope .io gets deleted.
- bowsamic 2y agoWhy?
- ajdude 2y agoSo diagrams.net can have the last laugh.
- Starlevel004 2y ago[flagged]
- voxadam 2y agoWhat?
- kijeda 2y agohttps://www.icann.org/en/blogs/details/the-chagos-archipelago-and-the-io-domain-14-11-2024-en https://www.icann.org/en/blogs/details/the-chagos-archipelag...