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I don’t get why they killed it. some regional areas have their own TLD. .cat for Catalonia, for example.
Two letters TLD like
.ioare ISO country codes. Catalonia's.catis a generic TLD in comparison. Since.iostands for the British Indian Ocean Territory and Chagos Island isn't going to be 'separate' anymore by becoming part of Mauritius, IANA's logic is that the ccTLD has to be retired. That.suis still around after the collapse of USSR isn't a valid argument for them.ok. I was not aware the two letter TLD were more restricted than the others. thanks!
Technically, they haven't yet. In the past they've sometimes transitioned ownership of country-code TLDs over (like the Soviet Union's .su to Russia). I think they just don't want to wade into the debate over the Chagos Islands in general.