Here’s a slightly different question: the article mentions that Ethos is paying to take over PIR, thus taking over .org administration as well. How transparent

Here’s a slightly different question: the article mentions that Ethos is paying to take over PIR, thus taking over .org administration as well. How transparent is this transaction? Viewed uncharitably, it looks like ICANN built a separate entity to admin .org, built a separate entity to buy it, and then claimed that the purchase was just normal business, even as they were self-dealing to sell to friends. Is this accurate, or is the purchase by Ethos actually something like market-rate? In that case, even if I dislike the capitalization of .org, it doesn’t seem illegal?