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Think about the current state of ICANN. And now ICANN has to award contracts to monopolies for gTLDs like .com and .net. What could possibly go wrong? The reg
by phicoh 7y ago
Think about the current state of ICANN. And now ICANN has to award contracts to monopolies for gTLDs like .com and .net.
What could possibly go wrong?
The registry part is easy to specify.
For the registrar, look at how google normally operates: everything they can automate works well and is cheap. As soon as something goes wrong and the they lock you out of an account it becomes hopeless. Imagine that google would be the only registrar for .com or .net
Of course, with a free market come shady parties. But with a bit of effort it is possible to find registrars that work quite well.
With just one monopoly per gTLD, it is likely that bad things will happen in the long run.
- neilv 7y agoI don't know why we're still talking about monopolies. It should be a contracted clerical registry doing a very straightforward thing, according to rules.
- phicoh 7y agoReality is that this lasts for a few years. And then the contracted party finds ways to raise prices or make a mess or both. Look at the history of decisions taken by ICANN. Contracts get awarded with hardly influence from the larger internet community.