This is a blogpost by Planio about moving from .io to .com https://plan.io/blog/...

tbarbugli · on Nov 9, 2017

> Using .io is unfair to the Chagossian People

> The reason closest to our hearts is the geopolitical background of .io domains which we only learned about recently.

Later in the article:

> Of course, we will make sure to redirect all traffic from *.plan.io appropriately so no existing links will break in the future.

Which to me sounds like they will keep paying for the .io domain for the foreseeable future.

iamthirsty · on Nov 10, 2017

"I don't like conflict diamonds, but since I have a bunch I might as well keep them — I just won't wear them."

That's how it comes off to me.

an_account · on Nov 10, 2017

If you already have a conflict diamond you already funded the mining effort. Keeping or throwing it away has no effect.

bringtheaction · on Nov 9, 2017

Going to planio.com redirects to plan.io, so whatever they had to say about moving from .io to .com can't be worth reading.

mottomotto · on Nov 9, 2017

I was curious -- it's actually worth reading.

"We have therefore decided to match what we paid for .io domains in the past with donations to the Chagos Conservation Trust and the UK Chagos Support Association. We will continue to do so every year - as long as we will have our .io domain (or the Chagossians start receiving their fair share of the domain business)."

I don't fault them for keeping their .io considering the downsides of not doing so.