.com is for .com. You can interpret it any way you'd like and it doesn't make a difference to anyone who isn't currently interested in the history of DNS.

My preferred reading is .com for commonlymisinterpretedbypeoplewhodonotreadrfcsbutitdoesnotmatterintheslightest, which is a Welsh word meaning "oddly shaped sheep".

I'm not sure how that leads to the conclusion that other short, convenient TLDs like `.dev` should just be given to companies like Google to use very sparingly, if at all.

EDIT: Looks like I misunderstood what Google having .dev meant in the above discussion; domains using it are available to purchase through their registrar (or more precisely resellers since I guess they don't sell directly anymore)