this post was submitted on 21 Jul 2023
234 points (96.8% liked)
Memes
44924 readers
2933 users here now
Rules:
- Be civil and nice.
- Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.
founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
It's completely valid for them to do so. Their Top Level Domain meant for their purposes.
Even though it's rarely enforced, many TLDs have specific purposes and conditions against abusing it for unrelated purposes.
There are many others to pick from.
This. There's a reason why "novelty domains" like .movies and so forth exist, let alone .org, .com and .net. National domain extensions are meant purely for things within that country. Reason being that domains are namespaces, which starts with subdomins, domain and then extension. It's purposefully designed like that. It's sort of more common to use namespaces in the reverse, like on Android an app might have the namespace:
com.google.Android.someUtil
Likewise, a flathub package might have the namespace:
org.dannyWhale.Vivaldi
Domain names are meant to let you specify the destination first by reversing it:
vivaldi.dannywhale.org
It's meant to contextualise your destination, and the source from which you stand.
Country codes are important paths to have, allowing similar domains in different countries and a directory for local businesses, government bodies and organizations. It's categorical and should remain as such.
Do not go off spec.