Sell to a private equity firm that tries to maximize profit from those assets. Yeah, what couldn’t go wrong with that. At least this individual has admitted liability for his part in this TLD’s forthcoming downfall.
Why I Voted to Sell .ORG
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#32If this was supposed to reassure people then I want to meet those people as I have something to sell them. 10% per year price increases are insane! You can’t exactly just change domain names to a cheaper option either, like say insurance. Your whole identity is locked to it.
This only makes me more convinced that it’s a bad move.
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#33Always remember that theese are the people in charge of running the internet.
I really hope he didn't have too much say in the important things at Let's Encrypt. Because statements like this really damage the little trust I have left in companys.
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#34So much bullshit and so littke valid argument in this big post. But don't worry
'Make .org domain names "accessible and reasonably priced for all", including limiting price increases to no more than 10% per year'
It can ONLY increase of 10% per year. Like if it is a low number...
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#35Oh thank god! They said they would be good.
I’m glad there’s no recorded instances in history where that turned out to be a patent lie.
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#36This author is just outright naive. >Even in the worst case, if Ethos considers dramatically increasing prices (which, to be clear, we do not expect them to do!), the Registry Agreement for .org requires a 6-month notice period during which domain owners can lock in a 10-year registration at pre-increase rates. This should seriously discourage Ethos from doing this, because it would take 10 years for the new high rat…
> during which domain owners can lock in a 10-year registration at pre-increase rates.
That is not what is written in the Registry Agreement.
"Registry Operator shall offer registrars the option to obtain domain name registration renewals at the current price ... for periods of one (1) to ten (10) years at the discretion of the registrar, but no greater than ten (10) years."
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#37How relevant is a TLD anymore? There are so many options. Most people seem to use Google, and then after visiting the site, they use whatever the autocomplete in their address bar is. Or, they use an app.
At least in India, I've seen most people doing this on their smartphones. Nobody likes to type in the address bar anymore.
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#38This author is just outright naive. >Even in the worst case, if Ethos considers dramatically increasing prices (which, to be clear, we do not expect them to do!), the Registry Agreement for .org requires a 6-month notice period during which domain owners can lock in a 10-year registration at pre-increase rates. This should seriously discourage Ethos from doing this, because it would take 10 years for the new high rat…
It's just funny to me that he felt the need to start listing out his credentials before explaining his stand.
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#40I'm a .org domain user. My email is a .org, my website is a .org. It's [my name].org. I've registered through 2029 now. Hopefully by then this whole nonsense has passed. Honestly domain names have been handled very poorly over the past 10 years, between this and the ridiculous gTLD system. They are just becoming super-expensive vanity items for corporations to get nice redirects.
Ditto. surname.org here. I'm going to 10-year it, and hope DNS is somehow obsolete in a decade, otherwise I suspect I'll get a nasty surprise.