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The Disappearance of an Internet Domain (about .io, and about the history of .su and .yu) (every.to)

submitted 2 months ago by cypherpunks@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.ml

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[–] Nougat@fedia.io 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

ICANN controls TLDs. Nobody can "register it."

[–] user134450@feddit.org 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

You are technically correct in saying that its not a registration. Instead its a sponsoring: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sponsored_top-level_domain