It's also second only to .com in terms of query volume in ICANN's Magnitude statistics with 980 mil vs .internal's 60 mil. Not sure if that makes it a de facto standard, but it's close.
I was more getting at the headline being worded to imply the corporation is doing the 'gifting' here.
It's funny to me that the blue tick has gone from meaning 'oh good, this is at least coming from a verified source' to 'this is almost certain to be alt right bullshit'.
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