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Is it? Because pretty much every ccTLD is owned by their given country. They have all rights over it, but some registrars took it to themselves to issue those domains on the countries’ behalf, that probably didn’t even know about it way back.
Free TLDs may have been great for hobbyists, but also great for spammers, phishers and other unlawful activities. And as usual, the bad bunch killed a good thing.
If you want a good TLD, use a generic one (org, name, space, etc.) or use a ccTLD that represented by your own country.
Why is it surprising that a ccTLD is reclaimed by their own designated country? Same with .vu and .tk
vu: https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/vu.html
You mean like join-lemmy.org? Also taking away the option to choose / choosing for them is a very dangerous idea.
And why should the average user know about instances? Or why shouldn’t they?
You can make a niche Community on any instance and everyone in the Fediverse can access that.
Also why is the plethora of distros an issue for the average Joe when he doesn’t even care about Linux in the first place as his devices come preinstalled with Windows and bloatware?
The Average Joe is blissfully unaware. Do you really want to redpill him?
Ich weiß nicht wieso aber Tears von Wolfclub ist mein Happy Place Song: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqll0z-dmmo
It might be butter.