Does it bother anyone else that YouTube has its own TLD (.youtube)?
TLDs used to carry a lot of weight, and used to signify something besides individual entities/companies... but it feels to me like that designation is becoming rather diluted.
TLDs used to carry a lot of weight, and used to signify something besides individual entities/companies... but it feels to me like that designation is becoming rather diluted.
It’s mostly the tiny islands that decide to cash in on fancy tlds who don’t care so much about providing them as a service to the small population.
One can arrange their own TLD for under $200,000 initial fee, plus around $25,000 a year (IIRC).
I imagine there will be a whole TLD auction game, but among those with deep pockets and governed by an organization that doesn't seem to take their job seriously. ICANN looks like a cash grab nowadays to me. I don't mean any offense to the engineers behind it, just that the administration seems quite greedy.
Interestingly, a number of corporations that registered their own TLDs seem to have since let them go. You can see them by searching for "Not assigned" on that page.
Nearly no one knows the meaning of .com
also the US centric monopoly of .gov is probably antithetical to many early internet ideals.
.edu is much worse IMO.