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Will the .io domain cease to exist? | Tuta (tuta.com)

submitted 4 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[+] [email protected] -8 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

So they could just transform .io to a gTLD without causing any downtime.

EDIT: Apparently not that easy :(

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

2.12 Can a New gTLD name be 2 letters?

Applied-for gTLD strings in ASCII must be composed of three or more visually distinct characters. Two-character ASCII strings are not permitted, to avoid conflicting with current and future country-codes based on the ISO 3166-1 standard.

https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/global-support/faqs/faqs-en

Either way a policy change is needed.

[+] [email protected] -6 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

luckily those are their internal rules and now international laws that can't be broken.

THere's literally 0 reason they can't just go "well, this tld is too big. it's generic now"

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 weeks ago

The profits gained from sales of .io domains has come under increasing scrutiny given that the UK's control over the archipelago itself is under threat.
Chagossian refugee groups (former inhabitants forcibly removed in the 1960s and 1970s) petitioning the UK government for the right of return have recently extended their grievances to the return of the .io domain as well (Chagos Refugees Group United Kingdom et al. vs. Internet Computer Bureau Limited Citation 2021).
Additionally, Mauritius is also attempting to gain control over .io by petitioning IANA for redelegation (Bowcott Citation 2022).
However, while these groups fight for control over the .io domain, a recent UN ruling challenging British sovereignty over the island threatens the existence of the ccTLD itself.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23738871.2023.2238723

While I agree with you in that ICANN will probably save .io through some policy change it isn't as easy as just saying "screw all our policies, this ccTLD is now a gTLD." considering the fighting going on regarding it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 weeks ago

international laws that can’t be broken.

You sweet summer child...