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10% apparently for .tk. I also remember .tv windfall, which is 8-9% of their GDP.

by captn3m0 3mo ago

tyre 3mo ago
And the .sy boom until startups got enough heat for, you know, funding the Assad regime.
- RobotToaster 3mo ago
  Apparently nobody cares that .af is now funding the Taliban
  - yieldcrv 3mo ago
    The terms of using that tld say it must comply with Sharia law pretty strict and apparently the Minister of that agency doesnt care that .af is a domain hack for “as fuck” in the west
    - aussieguy1234 3mo ago
      In other words, he doesn't give a fuck
      - rezonant 3mo ago
        yeah it was right there
      - foxylad 3mo ago
        Perhaps he does - dontgive.af does not resolve.
        ShinyLeftPad 3mo ago
        1. Be Sharia law 2. Sell domain name that's against Sharia law 3. Retake it back when someone buys it, because it's against the law 4. Repeat and profit
  - Gagarin1917 3mo ago
    What website/service actually uses that?
    - progval 3mo ago
      A Mastodon instance used it: https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/12/24071036/queer-af-mastodon-taliban-shut-down-afghanistan https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/12/24071036/queer-af-mastodo...
      - BLKNSLVR 3mo ago
        During Pride Month?!?
      - RobotToaster 3mo ago
        I thought that ended up being because the registrar didn't pay it's bill to the Afghan government?
artursapek 3mo ago
The .ai TLD is some tiny island with a few thousand people
- gerdesj 3mo ago
  .io is (British) Indian Ocean (Territory).
  - artursapek 3mo ago
    haha yeah I've bet the last 12 months of my career on a .io
  - dcow 3mo ago
    I always thought these TLDs were a flight risk to be used in any serious capacity. What if the random state decides you/your business are in violation of [whatever] and kick you off?
    - deleted 3mo ago
      [deleted]
    - vasco 3mo ago
      What if an elephant steps on the power cable to the server room?
      - aloisklink 3mo ago
        The owners of `queer.af` thought that AF only meant “as f*ck”, without realizing that AF also happens to the be the ISO 3166 code for a country controlled by the Taliban, who didn’t like their domain name [1]. Brits that had `.eu` domains lost their domains due to Brexit [2] (unless they had some other EEA ties). And if the Chagos deal goes ahead [3] and the British Indian Ocean Territory ceases to exist, then all `.io` domains might disappear too (although considering that `.su`/Soviet Union domains are still a thing, they probably would have stayed around). [1]: https://www.404media.co/taliban-shuts-down-queer-af-domain-breaking-mastodon-instance/ https://www.404media.co/taliban-shuts-down-queer-af-domain-b... [2]: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/registering-and-renewing-eu-domain-names-in-the-uk https://www.gov.uk/guidance/registering-and-renewing-eu-doma... [3]: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce9m47y1ez2o https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce9m47y1ez2o

10% apparently for .tk. I also remember .tv windfall, which is 8-9% of their GDP.

tyre 3mo ago

And the .sy boom until startups got enough heat for, you know, funding the Assad regime.

RobotToaster 3mo ago
Apparently nobody cares that .af is now funding the Taliban
- yieldcrv 3mo ago
  The terms of using that tld say it must comply with Sharia law pretty strict and apparently the Minister of that agency doesnt care that .af is a domain hack for “as fuck” in the west
  - aussieguy1234 3mo ago
    In other words, he doesn't give a fuck
    - rezonant 3mo ago
      yeah it was right there
    - foxylad 3mo ago
      Perhaps he does - dontgive.af does not resolve.
      - ShinyLeftPad 3mo ago
        1. Be Sharia law 2. Sell domain name that's against Sharia law 3. Retake it back when someone buys it, because it's against the law 4. Repeat and profit
- Gagarin1917 3mo ago
  What website/service actually uses that?
  - progval 3mo ago
    A Mastodon instance used it: https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/12/24071036/queer-af-mastodon-taliban-shut-down-afghanistan https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/12/24071036/queer-af-mastodo...
    - BLKNSLVR 3mo ago
      During Pride Month?!?
    - RobotToaster 3mo ago
      I thought that ended up being because the registrar didn't pay it's bill to the Afghan government?

artursapek 3mo ago

The .ai TLD is some tiny island with a few thousand people

gerdesj 3mo ago
.io is (British) Indian Ocean (Territory).
- artursapek 3mo ago
  haha yeah I've bet the last 12 months of my career on a .io
- dcow 3mo ago
  I always thought these TLDs were a flight risk to be used in any serious capacity. What if the random state decides you/your business are in violation of [whatever] and kick you off?
  - deleted 3mo ago
    [deleted]
  - vasco 3mo ago
    What if an elephant steps on the power cable to the server room?
    - aloisklink 3mo ago
      The owners of `queer.af` thought that AF only meant “as f*ck”, without realizing that AF also happens to the be the ISO 3166 code for a country controlled by the Taliban, who didn’t like their domain name [1]. Brits that had `.eu` domains lost their domains due to Brexit [2] (unless they had some other EEA ties). And if the Chagos deal goes ahead [3] and the British Indian Ocean Territory ceases to exist, then all `.io` domains might disappear too (although considering that `.su`/Soviet Union domains are still a thing, they probably would have stayed around). [1]: https://www.404media.co/taliban-shuts-down-queer-af-domain-breaking-mastodon-instance/ https://www.404media.co/taliban-shuts-down-queer-af-domain-b... [2]: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/registering-and-renewing-eu-domain-names-in-the-uk https://www.gov.uk/guidance/registering-and-renewing-eu-doma... [3]: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce9m47y1ez2o https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce9m47y1ez2o