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Trust me, you're not hurting those folks. You're hurting those who have legitimate uses to lease domain names. It's like saying you want to raise the price of
by andrewmcwatters 5y ago
Trust me, you're not hurting those folks. You're hurting those who have legitimate uses to lease domain names.
It's like saying you want to raise the price of housing to keep landlords from buying up all of the properties and forcing locals to rent.
You're not hurting the people abusing the system by doing that.
- postalrat 5y agoIt's more like saying you want to raise the property taxes to keep landlords from buying up all the properties.
- ohashi 5y agoWe're seeing that doesn't work that effectively in most places. It also is giving the same pricing to every human being across the globe. In the richer countries, sure, maybe $30/year isn't a lot, but in poorer ones that could be an onerous barrier to entry.
- Anunayj 5y agoOh I agree, though I think this can be solved by having a alternative TLD that employs some tactics to combat domain squatting + provides domains for cheap/free and the .free TLD is a good contender for it.