I think that the whole DNS syntax system was poorly designed, that the original division in seven top-level domains (.com, .net, .mil, .gov, .org, .edu, .int) was short-sighted, government/country-based top level domains have some reason to exist but in practice everyone picks whatever (e.g. “.ml” URLs often have nothing to do with Mali, “.it” with Italy or “.ee” with Estonia). But it’s damn easy to say that in two thousand bloody twenty four, so I don’t blame the people creating this mess. (Plus fixing it would make an even bigger mess).
But I digress. I typically associate the original seven with old businesses. I have some weak suspicion towards services using country code TLDs to spell obvious words (like, say, “among.us”), but otherwise I associate ccTLDs with local stuff. No strong opinion towards newer TLDs.
I think that the whole DNS syntax system was poorly designed, that the original division in seven top-level domains (.com, .net, .mil, .gov, .org, .edu, .int) was short-sighted, government/country-based top level domains have some reason to exist but in practice everyone picks whatever (e.g. “.ml” URLs often have nothing to do with Mali, “.it” with Italy or “.ee” with Estonia). But it’s damn easy to say that in two thousand bloody twenty four, so I don’t blame the people creating this mess. (Plus fixing it would make an even bigger mess).
But I digress. I typically associate the original seven with old businesses. I have some weak suspicion towards services using country code TLDs to spell obvious words (like, say, “among.us”), but otherwise I associate ccTLDs with local stuff. No strong opinion towards newer TLDs.