Comment on Welp that answers a lot of why all .ml are down

• bionicjoey@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The issue here isn’t the registrar though right? It’s that the TLD is being repossessed by the government of the country it’s meant to be associated with.

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  • kuberoot@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I think the point is that a reputable registrar wouldn’t sell domains like these in the first place… But I’m not saying that’s actually the case :/

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    • bionicjoey@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Governments are unpredictable. It’s not the registrar’s job to mitigate that unpredictability to their customers.

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      • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Idk, I feel like we’re only saying this because it’s Mali… If it were .US or .CN people would be like “well, duh”

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      • marmo7ade@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Yes it is. The level of “unpredictability” varies greatly. And it is obvious which governments pose a higher risk.

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• hypelightfly@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  More like, it’s less sketchy if you pay for a domain at all. .ml was free, what did they think was going to happen?

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