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I dislike the idea that domain names can be geographically restricted. Additionally this .eu cancellation seems a wanton and bureaucratic attack on the U.K. given Brexit has only recently been triggered.

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It's very Brexit to say that, when rules which have always applied to non-EU countries will apply to the UK once the UK is a non-EU country, this is an "attack".

(The web page says "As of the withdrawal date", not today)

Most domains are restricted in some may - usually geographically. Some have even stricter rules (.cat for example requires you to publish your website in the Catalan language).

After Brexit people living in the UK no longer fulfill the requirements to own a .eu domain. Seems pretty straight forward to me.

What about the half of the UK population that want to be in the EU? Can’t the EU set a higher, more inclusive standard here?

But they are not in the eu. Surely the higher percentage of people from Britain who want to leave the EU would like to be treated like a non-EU country.

British is currently in the EU. No one really knows yet whether it will leave in any meaningful way.

I’d like the EU to let UK citizens who want to remain part of the EU do so. That would be rather fun wouldn’t it? Trolling the idiots who’ve seized control here.

Sure I want the people who want to remain to be able to, but the decision was made as a country. If they don't split into two it'll be pretty hard and difficult to accept Britons wanting to be in the EU. Maybe if they privately pay membership fees? It's interesting to think about, but would encompass much more than a TLD.

I think the problem is that the decision was made by about 8 private wealthy individuals. It was not made as a country.

The purpose of .eu domains is to indicate to the people accessing the site that the site owner is established in the EU. Being "inclusive" of people not in the EU would defeat the purpose.

How? That domain's rules are set by a contract among states. It can be changed, and relevant changes to it are currently being negotiated, headed by by Michel Barnier and David Davis. Do you mean that they should change their working order, or do you mean someone else should negotiate some separate/overlapping changes?

> Most domains are restricted in some may - usually geographically.

most TLDs are not restricted, including most EU countries.

Okay let's pretend I said lots of them instead of most of them. What does that change? The rules for .eu aren't anything out of the ordinary. Australia has exactly the same requirements IIRC. .uk also requires a local contact.

local contact is very different, it means anyone in the world can use that domain. EU is quite restrictive even by the standards of its constituent countries, e.g. germany doesnt require you to be a german resident.

The rules allow EEA members that are not part of the EU , like norway, to use .eu. Given that there are so many british domains registered it seems like breaking them is the wrong approach - a simple change in the rules would do it.

The eu domain name is politically restricted. The UK is still part of the continent Europe.

eu does not mean EUrope, it's European Union.

but norway and iceland is not EU

But they are EEA members

i m confused, what does EU mean then?

Recently - exactly one year ago. And there is exactly one year left.

There is plenty of restriction on various TLDs. If you don't like them you can always register in another TLD with less strict rules or run your own DN System.

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