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Isn't it how every market works?

by zx8080 4y ago

Retric 4y ago
Not everything is rented.
- shepardrtc 4y ago
  For now.
  - FpUser 4y ago
    And ever. At some point customers would simply revolt and flock to someone with mode meaningful business model
    - ehvatum 4y ago
      Someone tell that to Adobe and Autodesk.
      - FpUser 4y ago
        I told Adobe to sod off long time ago and replaced all their products I was using with the ones that offer perpetual license.
  - userbinator 4y ago
    "You will own nothing, and be happy." -WEF
deathanatos 4y ago
The DNS namespace is global and shared. There's only one, really; I don't know if it is the best place for a [free] "market", as it isn't really free. Within reason, I can't start a competing DNS. The best I can do is choose another name … and still pray the price jacking doesn't happen. The incentives here are perverse: the registry knows that changing domain names has a high switching cost; we should not have the "market" dynamics encouraging them to start, effectively, extorting domain owners. "That web presence you built up? It would be a shame if anything were to happen to it…" I actually thought there were ICANN rules against this sort of thing.
- quickthrower2 4y ago
  With so many TLDs, and the acceptance of domain hacks, e.g. usefennel.co (available lol!) if your name is fennel, I think there is plenty of competition. The real estate analogy is good. Find a cheap town!
  - deathanatos 4y ago
    Coming up with a variant — like "usefennel" for "fennel", is covered in the comment you're replying to. You're still at the whim of the registry/registrar, if they start pulling this crap.
cowpig 4y ago
What's being produced and who are the market actors here?
lupire 4y ago
Yes, which is why markets need a land value tax paid out to the public.
layer8 4y ago
Imagine you’d have to pay $850 next year to keep your phone number.
- quickthrower2 4y ago
  You probably would if it is a short one like 131313 in Australia (sure there are US equivalents)
warbler73 4y ago
How does Google "own" this "market"?

Isn't it how every market works?

by zx8080 4y ago

Isn't it how every market works?

Retric 4y ago

Not everything is rented.

shepardrtc 4y ago
For now.
- FpUser 4y ago
  And ever. At some point customers would simply revolt and flock to someone with mode meaningful business model
  - ehvatum 4y ago
    Someone tell that to Adobe and Autodesk.
    - FpUser 4y ago
      I told Adobe to sod off long time ago and replaced all their products I was using with the ones that offer perpetual license.
- userbinator 4y ago
  "You will own nothing, and be happy." -WEF

deathanatos 4y ago

The DNS namespace is global and shared. There's only one, really; I don't know if it is the best place for a [free] "market", as it isn't really free. Within reason, I can't start a competing DNS. The best I can do is choose another name … and still pray the price jacking doesn't happen. The incentives here are perverse: the registry knows that changing domain names has a high switching cost; we should not have the "market" dynamics encouraging them to start, effectively, extorting domain owners. "That web presence you built up? It would be a shame if anything were to happen to it…" I actually thought there were ICANN rules against this sort of thing.

quickthrower2 4y ago
With so many TLDs, and the acceptance of domain hacks, e.g. usefennel.co (available lol!) if your name is fennel, I think there is plenty of competition. The real estate analogy is good. Find a cheap town!
- deathanatos 4y ago
  Coming up with a variant — like "usefennel" for "fennel", is covered in the comment you're replying to. You're still at the whim of the registry/registrar, if they start pulling this crap.

cowpig 4y ago

What's being produced and who are the market actors here?

lupire 4y ago

Yes, which is why markets need a land value tax paid out to the public.

layer8 4y ago

Imagine you’d have to pay $850 next year to keep your phone number.

quickthrower2 4y ago
You probably would if it is a short one like 131313 in Australia (sure there are US equivalents)

warbler73 4y ago

How does Google "own" this "market"?