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ozyschmozy | 2 years ago

What's wrong with .eu domains?

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thiht|2 years ago

You’re unfortunately not guaranteed your country will be a part of EU forever. With Brexit, there was a really long transition period for UK citizens, but in the end they couldn’t keep their .eu domain.

Fortunately .eu is not that popular as a TLD, and Brexit is not a common scenario, but the transition was painful. Honestly we’re all 1 bad election away from $CountryExit, so at least I’m not taking risks with my domains. I don’t want my contact@my-name.eu to become unavailable to me in 10 years.

Fnoord|2 years ago

Nothing, but Brits had to quit their .eu domains due to Brexit. Which seems reasonable to me. Of course, Brexit wasn't; it was manipulated by the Russians.

lxgr|2 years ago

Wow, TIL .eu had a residency/domicile requirement! That indeed disqualifies it for many use cases.