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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It’s also such a waste of public money paying for x different domain all for the same municipalities, haven’t they heard of subdomains?

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Considering how little a domain name costs it would probably be a waste of public money to coordinate the use of a shared domain.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They're also under .be. Is Belgium not the registrar for those?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Typically free of charge for the country's public services to get a domain if the registrar is based within the country.

There are other countries that don't actually own their TLDs like .io, .tk, .ga, .cf etc. Mali recently forcibly reposessed their .ml domain from overseas ownership IIRC

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Honestly, domains are cheaper to buy than it is to prove you are eligible for that unless you need large numbers of them at once.