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> The powers that be could very well decide to just promote it to be a gTLD No, they can’t do that. Every two-letter TLD is defined to be a ccTLD, and nothing

by teddyh 2y ago

> The powers that be could very well decide to just promote it to be a gTLD No, they can’t do that. Every two-letter TLD is defined to be a ccTLD, and nothing else.

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mrsilencedogood 2y ago
If they did that anyway, who would stop them? This seems like a great time to make an exception.
- miningape 2y ago
  Literally, these are arbitrary strings following arbitrary rules. It's time to ditch ICANN and develop a parallel DNS that makes sense for today not the 90s.
Sander_Marechal 2y ago
Yes they can. They did it before after the Soviet Union broke up and they kept the .su TLD. It's still active. I'd argue that keeping around .io is more important than keeping .su around, seeing how many people and businesses use .io domains.
- teddyh 2y ago
  The Soviet Union ceased to exist. As long as the British Indian Ocean Territory is not breaking up or otherwise dissolving, it still is allocated a ccTLD.
  - immibis 2y ago
    But it is dissolving.