@laurenshof I'd imagine ICANN would avoid retiring .io, like the article mentioned - money talks.

But, are companies like GitHub going to see this as a liability and preempt any official determination from ICANN by migrating off.io early? And if a number of big companies decide they're not risking sticking around on .io - will that ultimately influence ICANN to decide retiring .io is feasible after all.

Though .yu seems like precedent to give .io to ~Mauritania~ Mauritius.