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.org is controlled by a non-profit and I believe it has reasonable controls on price increases. (Private equity recently tried to obtain .org and jack up the p
by callahad 5y ago
.org is controlled by a non-profit and I believe it has reasonable controls on price increases.
(Private equity recently tried to obtain .org and jack up the prices, but the acquisition was blocked by ICANN https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/05/icann-blocks-controversial-sale-of-org-domain-to-a-private-equity-firm/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/05/icann-blocks-con...)
- account42 5y ago> the acquisition was blocked by ICANN Putting it that way is very charitable towards ICANN. They only blocked it after much public outcry and after the CA attorney general started an inquiry [0]. There is no reason to believe that they won't try again after the frog is sufficiently boiled. [0] https://www.theregister.com/2020/04/17/icann_california_org_sale_delay/ https://www.theregister.com/2020/04/17/icann_california_org_...