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I have yet to find the mythical "real estate you can own" I've leased/rented and even taken out a mortgage on my condominium, but if I don't pay my condo fees e

I have yet to find the mythical "real estate you can own" I've leased/rented and even taken out a mortgage on my condominium, but if I don't pay my condo fees every month, the association threatens to take my condo away... And if you don't pay taxes on any real estate, house, condo, or land?... Yeah, I hate the idea of having to pay each year for my domain names. It sucks, it feels like we pay too much, but it is probably cheaper than if you could pay once up front and never have to pay any infrastructure costs. Imaging the hording and domain name market under those conditions. So since I can't do anything about it, and I want those domain names, I chalk it off to infrastructure costs.

wmf 17y ago
People have proposed solutions to this problem, like if you own a domain but stop paying the maintenance fees it will disappear from the DNS (so you can't use it), but will still appear in WHOIS and you'll still have legal title to it forever. Ultimately it's political: Some people believe that domains should be property, some believe they shouldn't be, and everyone has trouble understanding the opposing viewpoint.
- boundlessdreamz 17y ago
  That is not a solution at all. What if somebody actually wants to use the domain? The solution proposed will actually increase domain squatting since there is no cost involved! The only problem with domains right now is that it atleast the .com TLD is controlled by a monopoly and you have price increases. We need to have several companies who can issue .com domains