diff --git a/content/blog/2020-06-18--no-io-yes-xyz.md b/content/blog/2020-06-18--no-io-yes-xyz.md index 43129a8..0ed55f6 100644 --- a/content/blog/2020-06-18--no-io-yes-xyz.md +++ b/content/blog/2020-06-18--no-io-yes-xyz.md @@ -61,3 +61,13 @@ I openly urge all FOSS projects and startups to reconsider registering **.io** c ## Disclaimer I have bought .io domains in the past. I did not have the knowledge of what was going behind the **.io** TLD. Now that I do, I will let them expire and NOT renew them. I will also never buy a ccTLD again if its use exceeds the intended use, namely to represent the territory it is associated with. + +--- + +Update #1 + +There is also the issue of the **.io** TLD's [future](https://www.prolificlondon.co.uk/marketing-tech-news/tech-news/2019/05/future-popular-io-domains-question-over-british-empire-row): + +> But the UK faces significant international pressure over the Islands, and in the event that they are returned, control over the .io TLD would likely pass to the Mauritian government. + +Who knows what will happen to your domain registration when control is passed to the Mauritian government? Why risk the future of your domain just so you can associate your brand and/or product with the words "input/output"?