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"feel free to use it" I feel free with my .co domain and I'm not a citizen of Colombia TYVM.
Good luck with that. What happens when there’s a dispute with a Colombian entity who wants your domain? Who do you think will have the advantage? Would you trust the Colombian registry and courts to favor you?
Isn’t funding .uk and .us domains just as bad then, if you’re going by the amount of blood that is on a countries hands(regarding this particular piece of history, or all of it)?
The article starts with "everything is FACT" then ends with: Every .io domain you buy funds a government committing crimes against humanity. Every .io domain you renew legitimises and reinforces the continued exile of the Chagossians. which is hyperbole at best, and bollocks at worst. .io isn't sold or owned by the british (or US) government Most people don't understand what .io is for, moreover the UK goverment has…
> Most people don't understand what .io is for What is it for?
The article starts with "everything is FACT" then ends with: Every .io domain you buy funds a government committing crimes against humanity. Every .io domain you renew legitimises and reinforces the continued exile of the Chagossians. which is hyperbole at best, and bollocks at worst. .io isn't sold or owned by the british (or US) government Most people don't understand what .io is for, moreover the UK goverment has…
It says here are the facts. It lists a lot of facts.
Then it ends with a conclusion:
> And so, finally, I reach my point.
> Every .io domain you buy funds a government committing crimes against humanity. Every .io domain you renew legitimises and reinforces the continued exile of the Chagossians.
To me, this is clearly an opinion. An opinion you can choose to disagree with. But disagree with it on it's merits, not on the author's preface.
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I don't think that buying land is the same as buying people.
The line is kinda blurry when the land houses people who have no representation in the sale. Sure, you don't own the people, but you now own their land.
Right -- that line doesn't seem blurry to me at all.
The article starts with "everything is FACT" then ends with: Every .io domain you buy funds a government committing crimes against humanity. Every .io domain you renew legitimises and reinforces the continued exile of the Chagossians. which is hyperbole at best, and bollocks at worst. .io isn't sold or owned by the british (or US) government Most people don't understand what .io is for, moreover the UK goverment has…
> Most people don't understand what .io is for What is it for?
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The invocation of "colonialism" in tech discussions tends to be a pretty reliable indication that what follows will be gibberish.
I was hoping we could keep our zealousness to tabs vs spaces, 2 vs 3 vs 4 vs 8 indentation levels, etc.
I would go further and say this: Never treat foreign ccTLD’s (two-letter domains) as anything you can just register and use a domain in. You should only ever use a ccTLD of your own country or region you actually have your main presence in. Your domain name is often your most secure key to your entire online identity, and you want that to be on as a secure legal footing as possible. Older discussion here: https://new…
I still think that's probably the biggest mistake that company has made. It seems baked in to their architecture now. But I think any company using a vanity domain in this manner is acting irresponsibly.
FWIW I don't think the "colonialism" argument makes sense for this or other vanity domains. But the use of vanity ccTLDs is still a huge, underappreciated security concern. Companies willingly expose themselves to the risk of their domain being hijacked (or "legally" taken away) with zero recourse - or worse, putting their government in a situation where they have to choose between trying to intervene or having a bunch of their citizens' data compromised. It betrays a security naivete, oblivious to what state-sponsored APTs out there are capable of once enough is at stake.
I wonder what’s going to happen with https://notion.so > Oof, sorry about this We chose .so when we were starting out (lots of other companies named Notion, and .so was available). Does it help that we own notion.com now? Automatic redirect for now, but we'll be switching to .com as soon as our engineering team has the bandwidth. Source: https://old.reddit.com/r/Notion/comments/f6x9mk/why_the_so_d... (3 years ago)