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So why is .ml TLD going back to Mali taking everyone by surprise? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Was there some sort of assurance that nothing was going to happen when the contract expired, and this expectation was changed? Freenom hasn't been registering domains since Jan 1.

It's seeming a little odd to me that this is catching people with their pants down.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

From the context of the other two paragraphs, you can narrow down what I meant. Stripped of context it is general, yes.

Not all country code top level domains were free, just a select few. And not everyone used free TLDs, just people with tight budgets who weren't expecting to make money on their sites, as well as scammers and people who wanted to stay anonymous for other reasons.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You have a point, and it's a good discussion.

I just found it weird because the internet definitely got used to other free services, such as e-mail and photo blogging.

But you're right. In context what you said makes sense.