I wish people would stop saying this. That was a political decision from decades ago back when the internet was far smaller. It has no bearing on today where the political situation here is completely different and not only that but the internet is far larger and the ICANN are far more powerful.
Back in the 1980s they didn’t have the political clout to really be able to enforce anything. They just have to basically accept it as a fader complete, not so anymore
davidgro@lemmy.world 1 month ago
From what I read, the policy of removing domains when the county stops existing was directly based on what happened with .su so that never happens again.