Comment by keybored

> Because the internet was invented in America so it's the only country where a country suffix was never used from the start of its popularity.

I expect some countries like the UK and Australia to use something like `co.uk`. I expect many countries to use their own top-level domain. I do not assume that some `.com` website is American.

Is “the only” based on experience? How many websites from how many countries have you come across?

> I'm not saying this is good or bad or justified or not, just saying what the conventions are.

Do people associate `.com` with “company”? Or just “regular website”? Are people even stopped from making a `.com` if they don’t have a “company”?

https://www.paiste.com/

Is this Swiss business allowed to use `.com` because they have offices in the US of A?