This is exactly true. (And it makes sense given who you are. I remember your name from the formation of ICANN btw.) However I will add something else. If it b

This is exactly true. (And it makes sense given who you are. I remember your name from the formation of ICANN btw.) However I will add something else. If it becomes hard for people/companies/startups who want to buy domains (.com as you know is all that typically counts) (or for brokers etc) then there will be a shift away from .com because of that frustration. Right now people start perhaps with another TLD but once they get successful they try to get .com almost always. And that supports the market price of .com So sure the big time people (who charge 'high' prices) will make it possible to be reached. However there is another tier that either forgets to put up contact info (or it's out of date on a web page that gets spam) or does not even know they have something of value. Those owners, if they can't be reached, will miss out. And the buyers would be more likely to then go for another TLD. Hence .com in general could loose value. [1] Not overnight but will happen. [1] I both own domains (since 90's) and help people buy domains. This is actually my big concern with 'help people buy domains'.