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Both gTLDs [.zip and .mov] match popular file extensions

I wonder how Slack will handle this, or any other tool where both filenames and (auto-hyperlinked) hostnames get passed around. Honestly, the new domains these will enable don’t feel worth the added confusion from overloading the extensions.

This should be handled in the URI scheme. Files have file:// and web has http:// or https://

There’s also a UI difference. I don’t use Slack, but files tend to be shared using a file picker/ drag & drop whereas websites are shared as URLs.

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