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.io is especially popular because it resembles the computer term “input-output.” It is huge with start-ups and IT companies.
Well, those companies should also have the technical chops to know better.
I still think that most of opening up the TLD space was a mistake, not just the two-character stuff. Very few new TLDs have actually provided a lot of use, but they have created a “brand tax” on companies that don’t want confusing use of similar registrations and who then go register the equivalent domains.
.biz vs .com is a great example.
But then again, startups probably aren’t considering the geo-political implication of country TLDs and that in 5-10 years any specific nation might simply stop existing.
Agree, tech companies and the like should have known better. In fact, a few did mention it back then, e.g. https://tamouse.github.io/blog/politics/2019/10/02/why-is-the-io-domain-problematic.html
Maybe it’s time we stop assigning TLDs to countries? There is not really a reason anymore.
Some countries make a lot of money from those domain licenses. Some are small enough that it could weaken or destabilize their economy.
In fact, specifically for this reason, it’s forseeable that Mauritius does not retire the domain but keeps .io around, the same way that Russia keeps .su around (.ru being RUssia, and .su being the Soviet Union that hasn’t been around for quite a few decades now).
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