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by cubesnooper 1283 days ago
There are downsides to country TLDs. What if you move? You might not be allowed to keep the domain from a country in which you no longer reside.

Or if the country moves underneath you. Quite a few Brits lost their existing .eu domains after Brexit.

And they sometimes have undesirable policies. For example, .us prohibits any kind of WHOIS protection. It’ll be tied to your real name, address, and phone number, unless you take some steps like getting a P.O. box or buying in the name of a shell corporation.

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Some registrars offer a "trustee" service, so if you are no longer allowed to own the domain due to moving / whatever you can just transfer over the domain to a registrar that offers a trustee service
If it is valuable enough for you. Setup corporate entity.