Hacker News Reader

Comment by geden | Hacker News Reader

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?

View on HN

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.

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.

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?

Reply on news.ycombinator.com