Yeah kinda. Honestly when I signed up for it I had no idea it was a country TLD, let alone that it might disappear so easily one day. If it does go away I'll live, but it will be quite annoying to have to switch my entire digital life over to a new domain. I've had my domain for 10+ years so lots of stuff is pointed there.
Although I had not signed up for .io domain names, I did expect it to be a country TLD when I saw it, because it is two letters, so to me it seems obvious that it is.
Apparently .io is the TLD for the British Indian Ocean territory, which (as I understand it) is going to go away as the UK is going to release the land. From what I understand the TLD would normally go away when the political entity does, but there has been a lot of concern in the industry because this particular TLD was very popular with outsiders.
Yeah kinda. Honestly when I signed up for it I had no idea it was a country TLD, let alone that it might disappear so easily one day. If it does go away I'll live, but it will be quite annoying to have to switch my entire digital life over to a new domain. I've had my domain for 10+ years so lots of stuff is pointed there.
Although I had not signed up for .io domain names, I did expect it to be a country TLD when I saw it, because it is two letters, so to me it seems obvious that it is.
I wasn't aware of that convention when I signed up. I just figured it was like any other TLD.
What’s happening with io in the future?
Apparently .io is the TLD for the British Indian Ocean territory, which (as I understand it) is going to go away as the UK is going to release the land. From what I understand the TLD would normally go away when the political entity does, but there has been a lot of concern in the industry because this particular TLD was very popular with outsiders.