I agree that there's a very important distinction between private actors and the government, and don't like the contemporaneous trend in online discussion space

I agree that there's a very important distinction between private actors and the government, and don't like the contemporaneous trend in online discussion spaces of trying to erase that distinction. That said, registrars act under contract with ICAAN which is at least quasi-governmental. It makes me a lot less comfortable for them exercise unguided discretion than, say, an ISP or app store.