• Virkkunen
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    315 hours ago

    That is definitely how it works unless IANA creates an exception for the .io TLD and keeps it alive.

    • @[email protected]
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      234 hours ago

      Yeah, and even the .su (Soviet Union) domain still exists. There is no way that a TLD as popular as .io will not remain active.

    • peopleproblems
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      123 hours ago

      No, that is not how the ccTLD is enforced by IANA. It has sole authority, and it is not automatic is any way. There have been a total of two retired domains, one in like 95 and km 2000.

      They will not retire a domain under heavy use such as .io.

    • @majestictechie
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      125 hours ago

      Given how popular these domains are with large tech companies, I can’t see it going away