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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
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    • 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
        • reddalo 3mo ago
          >Brits that had `.eu` domains lost their domains due to Brexit Ouch, that must've hurt. Brexit is the most stupid thing that Britain has ever imposed on itself.
          • Y_Y 3mo ago
            After the restoration of the monarchy of course
        • Symbiote 3mo ago
          Assuming the British/American air base remains on some agreement with the Mauritian government, then the Chagos Islands may remain as a special territory of Mauritius, justifying the continual existence of an ISO 3166 code for it.
          • aloisklink 3mo ago
            Actually, Diego Garcia (the British/American military base) already has it's own ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code, DG: [1] It's "Exceptionally reserved" "at the request of International Telecommunication Union (ITU)". Although my gut feeling is that if the deal happens, Mauritius would probably ask to exceptionally reserve `IO` as well. Still, I'm not sure if I'd risk using a `.io` domain since it's not guaranteed. [1]: https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:DG https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:DG
    • kamma4434 3mo ago
      I seem to remember bit.ly had some issues when turmoil happened in Libya
    • reddalo 3mo ago
      Notion just migrated from their Somali domain to a normal .com
    • sneak 3mo ago
      My latest domain (five chars!) that I am actually using recently went down because my registrar is (was?) in Gaza. The registry thankfully was able to sort it out and I was able to get it back and registered with a regisrar not currently being actively genocided. I felt like a real dick, emailing people in Gaza in 2026 how to renew my domain.
    • botfriendsarent 3mo ago
      What if they sent out a hit squad to your house?
• Y_Y 3mo ago
  Anguilla