Great Britain is returning Chagos Islands to Mauritius. How will this affect the .io domain?
    • SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      3 months ago

      while funny, it would cause me so many headaches either directly or indirectly that is completely cancels out

    • ramble81@lemm.eeEnglish
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      3 months ago

      One of our spinoff companies wants to act so badly like a start up and be edgy they moved everything to a .io domain. This would be icing on the cake for how cowboy they manage everything.

  • hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I’m surprised it’s not mentioned in the article, but also complicating this situation is the Chagos refugees seeking to take control of the TLD and/or receive reparations from the current registrar.

    • JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Because .io is the top level country code domain for the British Indian Ocean Territory, and once a country ceases to exist, the top level domain is supposed to be phased out according to the IANA rules and eventually discontinued by the ICANN.
      There are no .yu, .dd, .cs, or .tp domains left. The only exception I know is .su (soviet union).

        • JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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          3 months ago

          Maybe. But it’s up to ICANN and their rules, money might not be relevant to them, and with .io, there literally isn’t a single person or company that uses it “correctly” as country TLDs are primarily intended to be used by entities connected to that country, and the territory has no permanent residents, unlike with .su.
          On the flip side, that might work for the case too as well - maybe ICANN decides to make it a generic TLD, like .com or .org instead as it’s not really directly connected to a country?
          We shall see.

          • 0x0@programming.devEnglish
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            3 months ago

            as country TLDs are primarily intended to be used by entities connected to that country

            Primarily, sure, but quite a few of them get abused, check the notes column. A glaring one these days is .ai, as are youtu.be and, of course, goatse.cx.

            • Billiam@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              3 months ago

              Tuvalu make around $10 million a year- about one-sixth of their gdp- from licensing .tv.