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Re:Taking control of all .io domains with a targeted registr... by dogecoinbase on Monday July 10, 2017 @03:31PM (#14738922)
Frankly, yes, a little bit. You're choosing to run your website/infrastructure/etc with a dependency on a sketchy service with no oversight (the ccTLD system in general, but .io in particular). Unless you suffer for this choice, the market for provider competence will be broken.
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Re:Taking control of all .io domains with a targeted registr... by corobo on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @09:38AM (#14744045)
That nobody had any idea was sketchy or un-oversighten until recently. It was not a choice to run their website/infrastructure/etc on sketchy services at all.
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Re:Taking control of all .io domains with a targeted registr... by dogecoinbase on Monday July 17, 2017 @10:47PM (#14793957)
No. People who care about internet-scale infrastructural issues have known about these issues for a very long time. However, most people who utilize (and depend on) these services have not taken the time to understand how they work.
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Re:Taking control of all .io domains with a targeted registr... by corobo on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @03:01AM (#14794748)
Because it's a simple transaction. I pay someone for a domain, I get said domain.

Jimmy Throwawaysite shouldn't have to take the time to understand how DNS works above knowing how to set DNS records, the oversight should come from above. If ICANN wants to let anyone with a couple hundred thou run a TLD they should be making sure that entity can technically manage the TLD.

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