I think it's naive to trust Amazon won't abuse their authority over the .book TLD. It's not a slippery slope argument so much as it's a common sense argument. M

I think it's naive to trust Amazon won't abuse their authority over the .book TLD. It's not a slippery slope argument so much as it's a common sense argument. Most companies do not feel obligation to do anything unless it starts costing them money, and I don't see Amazon losing public favor (and subsequently money) because they don't keep the .book TLD open to everyone. The only way I would feel remotely comfortable is if ICANN bound the bidders by contract to keep their TLDs open, but if that's the case, why open up bidding in the first place? And it's difficult to assess how popular a TLD will be. Ten years ago, would you have said .ly and .nu would have become as popular as they are today?