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OK, sorry. But it greatly increases the surface area, no? Would you say it really isn't an issue?

• icebraining 14y ago
  I think the vector itself is an issue; but I don't think this will make it significantly worse. For any domain, there's already hundreds or thousands of possible similar domains across the existing TLDs - adding a few more TLDs won't make much of a difference. I also doubt that the future owner of .shoes - whoever that may be - will be stupid enough to devalue his own TLD by selling second-level domains like candy. There's probably more money to be made by banking on its exclusivity.
  • obituary_latte 14y ago
    True, there are tons of similar TLD's out there already. But this ins't a "few more TLDs". This is ~2,000 new TLD's. Indeed, 'shoes' was a bad example. But many of these new TLD's have been applied for by entities who plan on sub-letting the TLD to others.
    • icebraining 14y ago
      This is ~2,000 new TLD's. No, this is ~2000 TLD applications. We have no idea how many of those will ICANN approve. But many of these new TLD's have been applied for by entities who plan on sub-letting the TLD to others. My point wasn't that they won't sell domains, but that many or most won't sell them to any random shmoe like .com/.net/etc are sold, but only to businesses in the fields and how are willing to pay a lot more for the privilege, which doesn't describe scammers.
      • obituary_latte 14y ago
        Fair point about the approval. >but only to businesses in the fields and how are willing to pay a lot more for the privilege Here's to hoping you're right. Though, I doubt anybody would be surprised to find the bar vastly lower than you expect--especially when it comes time for these purchasers to recover some of the cost and find these fields are smaller than anticipated.