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ICANN lifts the price cap on .org domains

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Re: ICANN lifts the price cap on .org domains

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Post by halfmatthalfcat »

The whole domain market experience is utter crap. Commoditizing domain names has created such an unbalanced power dynamic between buyers and sellers where the sellers hold all the power. Gatekeeping at it's finest.

Contrast this with acquiring a business name through any Department of State/Division of Corporations.

I shouldn't have to name my company some contorted bastardization to successfully enter the market.

Re: ICANN lifts the price cap on .org domains

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Post by walrus01 »

Ever since icann lifted the floodgates on all the new gTLDs, it's been almost nothing but unmitigated mediocrity. Follow the money, look at how much a company like donuts pays to icann for the "application fee" for each individual gtld.

Giving .Amazon to the company and not the brazilian-peruvian group that wanted to run it was really a fine example of icann in the year 2019.

Re: ICANN lifts the price cap on .org domains

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Post by cardamomo »

Press release from Public Interest Registry, which oversees .org and similar TLDs: https://pir.org/pir-welcomes-renewed-org-agreement/

> Regarding the removal of price caps, we would like to underscore that Public Interest Registry is a mission driven non-profit registry and currently has no specific plans for any price changes for .ORG. Should there be a need for a sensible price increase at some point in the future, we will provide advanced notice to the public. The .ORG community is considered in every decision we make, and we are incredibly proud of the more than 15 years we have spent as a responsible steward of .ORG. PIR remains committed to acting in the best interest of the .ORG community for years to come.

And PIR's May 1 open letter to the .org community, which has much the same message as Friday's press release: https://pir.org/an-open-letter-to-the-org-community/

Re: ICANN lifts the price cap on .org domains

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Post by mc32 »

halfmatthalfcat wrote: post #3

The whole domain market experience is utter crap. Commoditizing domain names has created such an unbalanced power dynamic between buyers and sellers where the sellers hold all the power. Gatekeeping at it's finest. Contrast this with acquiring a business name through any Department of State/Division of Corporations. I shouldn't have to name my company some contorted bastardization to successfully enter the market.

I don’t like it either. But the diametrical solution of a DMV-styled org would also have problems, though different in nature perhaps.

Re: ICANN lifts the price cap on .org domains

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Post by pmlnr »

The whole decentralize everything! movement seems to overlook DNS. I get that technically the DNS system is decentralized, but in reality, you lease a domain from a random, usually politically charged entity, who can do anything with it, if they wish.

We need a real DNS system, one where an individual can request and have a domain for life and which is truly decentralized.

Unfortunately none of the attempts - .onion with tor, .bit with namecoin, etc - seem to be working. .onion is despised because tor and impossible to memorize them; .bit never gained any traction and namecoin, being a bitcoin clone, has it's own issues.

Anyone knows of any working approach?

Re: ICANN lifts the price cap on .org domains

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Post by teh_klev »

1-6 wrote: post #8

Will .com prices eventually increase? That'll bring havoc to my collection.

From the article:

"ICANN's decision foreshadows that the organization will agree to .com price increases. Eventually, caps on .com domains could disappear."

So make of that what you will.

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