From a technical perspective isn't it possible to make
huge numbers of tld's. Probably as many as you can make at the second level
domain. Isn't it also technically possible that all tlds could be consolidated
under a new "supra" tld such that all naming just effectively drops a tier?
At the other extreme, isn't it also possible for those with second level domains
to sell third level domain names? I believe that some are effectively doing
this now. So when does fairness in domain naming exist? Why do we need to level the
playing field (temporarily) now? I wonder about the lobbyists who favor adding
lots of gtld's right now. From my limited knowledge about domains, it seems reasonable
to consolidate all gTLDs into a one such as .reg, or perhaps just make them disappear
altogether by consolidation into one registry. Although I don't have a practical
solution for dealing with duplicated names between the gtlds, I like the idea of
losing my few hundred dollar speculations on “.web” domain names in favor of never
typing a .com, .org., .net, or .edu again. Why is that so bad? On the other hand,
perhaps we should honor the pioneering spirit of those who got us to where we are
now in this naming field and simply stop adding complexity forever. What's
wrong with that? Competition will never go away and everytime a new tld or
supra tld is added, people will get upset because some authority intervened in the
free market to arbitrarily take value away from their assets. I suspect that many
of those who favor lots of gtld’s are simply bellyaching about the fact that they
didn't get a "good" .com name. They should simply congratulate those who saw the
light in the early 90s and get on with life.
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