Great Britain is returning Chagos Islands to Mauritius. How will this affect the .io domain?
  • @0x0@programming.devEnglish
    10•6 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.

    • BilliamEnglish
      15•6 months ago

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