These gTLDs always have baggage. No one takes them seriously. If you spell it out IRL, people will append a .COM no matter what. There are also no price limits

These gTLDs always have baggage. No one takes them seriously. If you spell it out IRL, people will append a .COM no matter what. There are also no price limits like there are for the traditional TLDs. The registrar of .SOFTWARE or whatever can squeeze you for $100k if they wanted and you were stupid enough to build a brand around the TLD. There are exceptions like .DEV and .APP which resolve fast and are owned by an entity not desperate for cash. But the random person will still append a .COM in their minds. And the problem with ccTLDs is you never know when people might start randomly hating that country or the West goes to war with that country. Just pay up for the dotcom.