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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (32 children)

No.

Why would Mauritius turn down a source of revenue?

[–] [email protected] 81 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (31 children)

Because .io is the top level country code domain for the British Indian Ocean Territory, and once a country ceases to exist, the top level domain is supposed to be phased out according to the IANA rules and eventually discontinued by the ICANN.
There are no .yu, .dd, .cs, or .tp domains left. The only exception I know is .su (soviet union).

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (13 children)

Still, too much money on .io to be shutdown.

[–] tja 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well, they should have chosen a gTld

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