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To me, that sounds a lot like a 2 year old type of behavior. Does anybody really even care what a TLD is or is "meant" to be used as? Honestly, if it's not a .com, most people are going to screw up and add .com out of sheer habit.

It's the friggin' internet. If it's out there, someone will do something they feel like doing with it even if that's not the originally intended concept.

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> Does anybody really even care what a TLD is or is "meant" to be used as?

Yes, the owners of the TLD. The same way that I cannot register a .google, .no, or .uk at all.

You can register a .no domain through a broker similar to how whois privacy at most registrars works: the broker is the registrant but then affords you full control of the domain.

That sounds like a bad idea. If your site is successful the broker could jack up the price to let you keep control. Better to stick to registering domains directly through a normal registrar. And if you are not in a position to create a Norwegian enkeltpersonsforetak or aksjeselskap, then why bother with a .no domain?

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