Significance of .ml TLD?

Why do so many Lemmy servers use the .ml top-level domain? Is there a meaning to it?

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Commonly used to indicate the domain related to “machine learning”.
- In this case it may also be related to Marxism-Leninism.
  
  I'd probably say this is why it was chosen by the original devs as I hear they're outspoken communists. Other domains are likely just following suit.
It's the Malinese top-level domain from what I can tell. As to why it is favored, I can think of two reasons:

Domain registration is free

It mimicks the OG lemmy.ml domain