Mastodon instance Queer.af is shutting down because the country that provides the domain is now ruled by the Taliban.

When registering a country code domain, keep in mind where the domain is being registered. A shift in government or geopolitics can have serious consequences.

  • Alto@kbin.social
    71·
    5 months ago

    I think the point is politics in a nation can change at any time, and as such you may lose the domain/no longer feel safe supporting that nation. Just because they wouldn’t now doesn’t mean they wouldn’t in the future. (Especially with how well AfD is polling and how much CDU/CSU seem to be starting to cooperate)

    • yetAnotherUser@feddit.deEnglish
      21·
      5 months ago

      How are non-ccTLDs, like .com any safer? A fascist like Trump could decide to nationalize managing them at any time