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by ohashi 7y ago
Waiting to hear who are ISOC gets new gigs in the Ethos orbit.
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by ohashi 7y ago
ICANN was supposed to be a multi stakeholder organization that would balance non US interests. In reality, it's entirely captured by registry interests and the result is former CEO capturing .ORG and turning into a for profit. ICANN is
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by ohashi 7y ago
ICANN has no spine and is captured, so it probably will happen. And now with .ORG doing this, we're going to see .COM next.
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by ohashi 7y ago
Someone dug into their expenses, 69% overhead. https://twitter.com/ferdeline/status/1199380702233612288
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by ohashi 7y ago
This is the internet. We don't forget things like this. People's names have been attached to it, like Andrew Sullivan (CEO) and Richard Barnes (board member defending it). We know exactly who fucked over everyone here, they admit
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by ohashi 7y ago
I wonder how he drew the short straw to ruin his reputation with this garbage.
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by ohashi 7y ago
Don't worry, they have your best interest at heart. With this extra money, we can fund our certificate mission for our own personal gain forever. It's very good for everyone.
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by ohashi 7y ago
I posted the original many months when .ORG price caps were being removed: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20263561
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by ohashi 7y ago
It's been corrupt for a long time and beholden to registry interests. The fox is watching the hen house and they don't even hide it.
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by ohashi 7y ago
VeriSign wants price caps removed like .ORG managed. They are salivating. Their fingerprints were all over removing price caps for .ORG. Those same lobbyists are still involved now at ICANN in the groups, subverting the public interest. I w
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by ohashi 7y ago
It feels like Zapier and IFTTT are the successors to Pipes, but I never quite got the same feeling from them (maybe I haven't checked Zapier in a while). But Pipes was ahead of its time and I'm still not sure of anything that real
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by ohashi 7y ago
Now China can simply buy Ethos Capital and run it. It's way cheaper than the UN.
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by ohashi 7y ago
Already owned by PIR (which runs .ORG and is being sold to Ethos Capital). Sorry, it's a group domain fucking. You're welcome - Ethos Capital, probably.
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by ohashi 7y ago
PIR is already a rent-seeking organization designed to fund Internet Society. They don't actually handle the registry at all. It's outsourced, they put it out to bid. If you look at financials, they are paying <$2/domain.
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by ohashi 7y ago
Only entities who could stop this, ICANN (this is being pulled off by insiders including former ICANN CEO). Internet Society - they did this deal in the first place. And... who the hell knows? Could the US Government step in? Maybe? They st
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by ohashi 7y ago
Why did it happen entirely behind closed doors? No way they got this deal together just after price caps were removed. Was this orchestrated beforehand? Domain registrations for Ethos Capital pre-date the change and timing coincides with pr
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by ohashi 7y ago
I saw this logic coming from a lot of people trying to push these changes through. They've been good so far, we should just trust them. They stick their heads in the sand and pretend we don't need rules because organizations, peop
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by ohashi 7y ago
Would it matter? You're already locked into years, maybe decades, of brand building. You'd still need to redirect your old .org indefinitely. .ORG should be properly managed and regulated, we shouldn't need to attempt to rebu
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by ohashi 7y ago
Internet Society and their CEO Andrew Sullivan are just as responsible for this. Let's name names.
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Internet world despairs as non-profit .org sold to private equity firm(theregister.co.uk)
98 points by ohashi 7y ago|39 comments
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by ohashi 7y ago
Or we aren't raising them, they are.
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by ohashi 7y ago
And ICANN removed any sort of price cap (used to be 7% per year) because fuck non profits and consumers.
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by ohashi 7y ago
Why are cops getting special privilege that normal citizens aren't? I'm not a fan of the criminal justice and reform system either. But police should be held to a higher standard, not lower one.
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Register.com/Web.com Compromised(notice.register.com)
2 points by ohashi 7y ago|0 comments
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Register.com/Web.com Hacked(notice.register.com)
1 points by ohashi 7y ago|0 comments
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by ohashi 7y ago
90% market share of office space? That's hilarious
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by ohashi 7y ago
NBA, Blizzard, who is next?
328.
by ohashi 7y ago
That seems like a huge improvement, especially in countries or areas without as much infrastructure or disaster scenarios.
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by ohashi 7y ago
Flying is a great example of 'checking boxes' saving lives.
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by ohashi 7y ago
The author even writes "As a left publication," which makes their stance incredibly clear. It's not hidden by them at all.

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