Someone's gotta control the list of domains under a TLD and arbitrate who actually owns them and what their name servers are. When that's a private company they

Someone's gotta control the list of domains under a TLD and arbitrate who actually owns them and what their name servers are. When that's a private company they are subject to laws of the countries they operate in (and if it's international consortium, whatever country holds the most power within the consortium). I imagine there are a few countries and companies that'd prefer the control of their internet presence not be strictly in the hands of the US government. Though certainly there are folks who don't totally think through whose in control of their domain, see: https://techcrunch.com/2011/04/04/letter-ly-abrupt-ly-loses-domain-name-as-a-result-of-the-war-in-libya/ https://techcrunch.com/2011/04/04/letter-ly-abrupt-ly-loses-...