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pknerd
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Every .gov Domain
The title should mention that it is for the US only.
mbb70
5 months ago
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The United States owns and operates the `.gov` domain, US only is implied.
bdavbdav
5 months ago
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No one else uses the gov TLD. Gov.xx maybe, but that’s a different TLD.
k4rli
5 months ago
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classic us defaultism. "the government" and no specifying needed
kube-system
5 months ago
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At the time .gov was defined, the entire DNS system was a US military project on the ARPA-Internet. It was neither global nor publicly accessible at the time.
BenjiWiebe
5 months ago
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This is a predominantly US site, run by a US business. There's other nationalities on here, which is great, but it's going to be US-centric.
DaSHacka
5 months ago
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Feel free to take it up with ICANN.
whalesalad
5 months ago
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well we literally invented the internet, so...
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