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As in previous discussions on this, some people seem to have some strange utopian misconceptions about .ORG. Likewise whoever wrote this false statement on Wik

As in previous discussions on this, some people seem to have some strange utopian misconceptions about .ORG. Likewise whoever wrote this false statement on Wikipedia: "The domain [sic] was originally intended for non-profit entities, but this restriction was removed in August 2019." In fact registration under .ORG has been unrestricted for most of its existence, even before it was taken over by PIR around 20 years ago. The complaints about potential price rises are also totally bizarre when .ORG has been for years one of the most overpriced and price hiked extensions, significantly more expensive than .COM, and popular country code TLDs like .uk, .nl, .de. The "non-profit" aspect is a total red herring.

ohashi 6y ago
.org has been the defacto home of non profits on the internet for decades. PIR being awarded the contract was in no small way because of their non profit nature. Pretending otherwise is being intentionally misleading. .ORG has been more expensive than .COM lately because of price increases and the fact ICANN uncapped them was a major concern. Which is what sparked this whole saga, and opportunity for an uncapped monopoly which would disproportionately affect non profit users of the internet. The non profit aspect plays a major role in this.
- pmachinery 6y ago
  Please don't throw out accusations of being "intentionally misleading" just because you don't accept or understand 100% factual information that's been posted. Fact: .ORG - like virtually every other extension - has been the home of anyone who wants to register it for decades (two), even prior to the establishment of PIR in 2003. It was specifically intended for non-profits a generation ago, for a relatively brief 10-15 year period, during most of which relatively few people were online, relatively few websites existed and relatively few .ORGs were registered. For the past 20 years, a period when millions of .ORGs have been registered, there has been nothing special about .ORG other than its grossly inflating price, which has been continuously jacked up for more than a decade. Any non-profit genuinely concerned about watching the pennies would have shifted to a different extension years ago, but is it supposed to be a comfort for .ORG owners who don't want to give up a name (like myself), that the people screwing us over call themselves "not-for-profit"? Who cares who's doing it, other than the people suddenly complaining because a for profit company might become involved in a money printing exercise.

ohashi 6y ago

.org has been the defacto home of non profits on the internet for decades. PIR being awarded the contract was in no small way because of their non profit nature. Pretending otherwise is being intentionally misleading. .ORG has been more expensive than .COM lately because of price increases and the fact ICANN uncapped them was a major concern. Which is what sparked this whole saga, and opportunity for an uncapped monopoly which would disproportionately affect non profit users of the internet. The non profit aspect plays a major role in this.

pmachinery 6y ago
Please don't throw out accusations of being "intentionally misleading" just because you don't accept or understand 100% factual information that's been posted. Fact: .ORG - like virtually every other extension - has been the home of anyone who wants to register it for decades (two), even prior to the establishment of PIR in 2003. It was specifically intended for non-profits a generation ago, for a relatively brief 10-15 year period, during most of which relatively few people were online, relatively few websites existed and relatively few .ORGs were registered. For the past 20 years, a period when millions of .ORGs have been registered, there has been nothing special about .ORG other than its grossly inflating price, which has been continuously jacked up for more than a decade. Any non-profit genuinely concerned about watching the pennies would have shifted to a different extension years ago, but is it supposed to be a comfort for .ORG owners who don't want to give up a name (like myself), that the people screwing us over call themselves "not-for-profit"? Who cares who's doing it, other than the people suddenly complaining because a for profit company might become involved in a money printing exercise.