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>ICANN's creation of hundreds more TLD's is just a further money grab How? It fits a market need. People are registering with foreign TLDs beecause they can't
by drzaiusapelord 11y ago
>ICANN's creation of hundreds more TLD's is just a further money grab
How? It fits a market need. People are registering with foreign TLDs beecause they can't get a .com anymore. Opening up arbitrary TLDs makes a lot more sense than the status quo today. It adds more supply to the market. Soon no one will think .com has any significance. I'd rather see Elon buy tesla.cars than tesla.com, for example. The fetishization of .com needs to end.
This is an unusually old-fashioned move by someone who is technically progressive. I guess there are bragging rights to having a .com and maybe shameful that he's one of the few 'big names' without his .com. .com possession is becoming a rich man's game like owning a supercar or a fabrege egg. It makes no sense today.
- AnthonyMouse 11y agoThe problem is they've been doing ridiculous single-company gTLDs like .amex and anticompetitive nonsense like giving .antivirus to Symantec. gTLDs should be run by companies whose primary business is as a domain registrar and be limited to broad categories like .cars and .bank.