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> Country codes showed us that average users don't want other TLDs, unless they are domain hacks and can be spoken easily (.ly, .it, etc). They almost always prefer the .com

Wrong and a typical US-centric view... Germany's preferred TLD is .DE and has >15 mio registrations, .UK > 10 mio just to name the two largest ones. Generally speaking the easier (and cheaper) to register a ccTLD the more wide-spread it is in a country.



"They almost always prefer the .com, unless they can get a translated version using their own country code (google.tld, etc)."

ccTLDs are never easier to register the gTLDs. Ever. Every single one of them require more than a .com/.net.

Also, registrations != user preference.




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