This is a blogpost by Planio about moving from .io to .com
https://plan.io/blog/post/166816338743/moving-from-planio-to...
https://plan.io/blog/post/166816338743/moving-from-planio-to...
> 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.
That's how it comes off to me.
"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.