@feld absolutely true, and there was a good post earlier today about .in infra on Tucows (Canadian & American).
But we can’t water down the conversation with everything-isms. We need to narrow focus on the largest and most realistic risks, both macro and micro, to potential population. Ideally, governments should address the unacceptable risk criteria involving critical infrastructure and citizens’ data.
Some notable TLD disruptions over the years:
T dot me yesterday: https://cybernews.com/security/telegram-links-broken-after-domain-outage/
Zoom dot io outage last year: https://www.dotuptech.com/post/zoom-s-domain-outage-was-a-wake-up-call-here-s-what-it-means-for-the-future-of-domain-registrars
Regime change disruptions of .ly (Arab Spring) and .sd: https://dn.org/lessons-from-ly-and-sd-uprisings-takedowns-and-policy-whiplash/